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AGARTALA: Congress president Rahul Gandhi may field two stalwarts - former CM Samir Samir Ranjan Barman and Rajmata Bibhu Kumari Devi (mother of royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman) - for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. While Barman may contest polls from West Tripura, Devi may fight election from the East Tripura reserved seat.The differences between BJP and IPFT over seat-sharing came to the fore recently when the saffron party refused to leave East Tripura tribal seat for the the IPFT. The AICC had recently withdrawn the 6-year expulsion notice against Barman and welcomed him to the party fold. According to party insiders, Barman is the main contender from the West Tripura general seat.There was also discussions on the scheduled visit of Rahul to Tripura on March 20 next to kick off the party's campaign. The national general secretary of BJP, Ram Madhav, is arriving here on Wednesday to sort out the dispute..