Man jailed for cartoons to contest WB polls
Rights group Aakranta Aamraa on Saturday announced that Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra will contest the assembly elections in West Bengal. Mahapatra was arrested in 2012 for circulating cartoons of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The forum also announced the candidature of Pratima Dutta, wife of murdered green activist Tapan Dutta. Both would contest as independent candidates.