Mamata Banerjee Protests Against LPG Price Hike In Siliguri As PM Modi Targets TMC In Kolkata Rally
ABP NewsWest Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who is presently at loggerheads with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the run up to the state assembly polls, led a ‘padayatra’ in Siliguri on Sunday to protest against the steep hike in the price of LPG cylinders. READ: 'Bengal Wants Shanti, Sonar Bangla, Pragatisheel Bangla': PM Modi At Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground Several TMC supporters and cadres were seen holding red-colored cardboard replicas of LPG cylinders during the protest march, which began around 2 p.m. from the city’s Darjeeling More. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndiaAgainstLPGLoot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#IndiaAgainstLPGLoot</a></p>— Mamata Banerjee <a href="https://twitter.com/MamataOfficial/status/1368429959308472321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>March 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> READ: WB Election 2021: Veteran Actor Mithun Chakraborty Joins BJP In PM Modi's Brigade Ground Rally The TMC supremo’s ‘padyatra’ against the hike in LPG prices in Siliguri assumes significance as it coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground where he took on the ruling party in West Bengal for “betraying trust of the people” and promised “sonar Bangla” if the BJP comes to power. Mamata Banerjee’s ‘padayatra’ is seen by many as a counter to the Prime Minister’s rally ahead of the high-voltage eight-phased assembly elections in West Bengal beginning March 27 and ending on April 29.