Kolkata: Ahead of the Panchayat polls, in what may seem as a direct challenge to BJP’s Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to visit East Midnapore in April first week to conduct public meetings.
Even as the State Election Commission is yet to announce the poll dates for upcoming Panchayat polls, Banerjee is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that her party has the leverage over the Opposition.
It is learnt that her campaign in East Midnapore will be centred around Digha. She is scheduled to visit the district between April 4 and April 6.
She is scheduled to reach Digha by air on April 4 and subsequently hold a meeting with her party’s booth level workers at the Helipad ground.
On April 5, she will address a public meeting. She may visit the ‘Duare Sarkar’ camps held in that district.
East Midnapore had become a battleground in the 2021 Assembly elections in Bengal where the two leaders locked horns in a bid to bag the Nandigram constituency. Even as Adhikari managed to win in the constituency, TMC insiders believe that Mamata’s decision to campaign in East Midnapore can be interpreted as a direct challenge to Suvendu. There are four sub divisions and 25 Blocks in East Midnapore district. There are approximately 223 gram panchayats in this district.
In a recent working committee meeting of Trinamool Congress, it was decided that Mamata Banerjee will hold three meetings in a month in the districts.
The party seeks to utilize its ‘Duare Sarkar’ and ‘Didir Suraksha Kawach’ (DSK) campaigns to reach out to more people.
Party insiders said that the recent visits to villages under the DSK campaign, by TMC leaders and workers to hear the woes of the people, have greatly moved the grassroots section.