Sobhandeb spends night in Rashbehari slum as part of Janasanyog Yatra

Kolkata: State Power minister and MLA from Rashbehari Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay spent the night at a slum on Kabir Road on Friday. This is a part of the Janasanyog Yatra, a venture of the state government to build and develop contact with the masses.

Following Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's instructions, all the legislators have taken part in the mass contact drive. Firhad Hakim, the state Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister, who is an MLA from the Kolkata Port area, had spent the night in the house of a party supporter last week.

Banerjee has asked the leaders of the party to build intimate contact with the people and listen to their grievances. "Go to the tea stalls and talk to the local people and try to find out from them what they want from us. People feel happy if we listen to their grievances," she had directed.

Chattopadhyay, who is a very popular figure in the areas under Rashbehari constituency, went to the venue at 8, Kabir Road and talked to the local people and party supporters. He is associated with

the local clubs and takes part in all the movements that take place in the area like Safe Drive Save Life or Save Green Stay Clean.

It may be mentioned that the mass contact drive has already become very effective. Didi Ke Bolo is the most popular programme now and the Chief Minister has personally looked after the complaints lodged by the people and addressed them.

In North Bengal, party leaders like Gautam Deb, Rabindranath Ghosh and Arpita Ghosh have also taken part in the programme to develop contact with the masses.

Trinamool has fared poorly in the last general election

in Jangalmahal and North

Bengal, where the party

does not have a single MP. The mass contact drive has helped the party regain its strength

in the grassroot level to a

great extent.