Unaddressed drinking water problems, unemployment and inadequate health infrastructure, apart from persistent demand for a Kamtapur State, are the key issues in the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal.
The constituency, which comprises six Assembly seats in Jalpaiguri district and one in Cooch Behar, will go to polls on April 19.
While five seats — Mekliganj (Cooch Behar), Dhupguri, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri and Rajganj — are reserved for Scheduled Castes since 2009 following the Delimitation Commission's directive, Mal is reserved for Scheduled Tribes and Dabgram-Phulbari falls under general category.
