State Committee since 2012. He is a former youth leader and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tripura. Dutta filed his nomination on 18 March 2014. Jitendra Choudhury is the state government Minister for Forest, Rural Development and Industries and Commerce. He is a member of the CPI(M) Tripura State Committee since 1988 and a member of the Central Kisan Committee (the national leadership of the All India Kisan Sabha). Uttar Pradesh The party fielded Hiralal Yadav in the hotly contested Varanasi seat. Yadav filed his nomination papers on 21 April 2014. His followers raised the slogan 'Na Modi, na Kejriwal, abki baar Hiralal' ('Not Modi, Not Kejriwal, this time is Hiralal'). Announcing his support for Yadav's campaign the All India People's Front convenor Akhilendra Pratap Singh argued that both Modi and Kejriwal would implement World Bank dictates. Uttarakhand West Bengal 32 out of the 42 Left Front candidates in West Bengal came from the CPI(M). 20 of the CPI(M) candidates were newcomers in their parliamentary constituencies. Five of the CPI(M) candidates were women. 25-year old Sheikh Ibrahim Ali, candidate in Tamluk, is the youngest Lok Sabha candidate in the history of the party. Union territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands The party fielded K.G. Das as its candidate for the sole seat in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Das is the secretary of the State Organising Committee of the party in the islands and the convener of the Left Democratic Front, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. LDF unites the local branches of CPI(M), All India Forward Bloc, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Telugu Desam Party, CPI(ML) Liberation and Lok Janshakti Party. Lakshadweep Ahead of the election CPI(M) fielded Dr. Muneer, a social activist from Minicoy, as its candidate for the sole seat of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Puducherry Following the break-down of seat-sharing talks with AIADMK, a seat-sharing agreement of CPI(M) and CPI was declared on 15 March (see the Tamil Nadu section). As part of this agreement CPI(M) would support a CPI candidate in the Puducherry seat. See also List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha Third Front (India) List of Left Front candidates in the Indian general election, 2014 List of United Progressive Alliance candidates in the Indian general election, 2014 List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the Indian general election, 2014 References Lists of Indian political candidates Candidates in the Indian general election, 2014