Congress to contest Tripura civic polls alone, names candidates for 49 AMC wards

Agartala, Nov 4 (UNI) After the CPI(M) announced its civic poll candidates independently, the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) named candidates for 49 of Agartala Municipal Corporation's 51 wards, reserving two for later. The CPI(M)-led Left Front announced 32 AMC candidates on November 1, leaving 19 wards for Congress despite an informal agreement made two days earlier. Congress president Asish Kumar Saha said the party would field candidates in all wards across the state's other 15 civic bodies, except in five areas where BJP supporters and cadre had created a climate of intimidation. Saha told this portal that he and…