Abhishek Banerjee starts TMC's new campaign, says BJP's 'communal' narrative won't dictate Bengal's politics
The HinduSenior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on April 25 said polls to 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal will be held on the issue of development and not on the "communal" narrative propagated by the BJP. Mr. Banerjee, who earlier in the day launched a mass outreach campaign ‘Trinamool ey Nabajowar’ from Cooch Behar district with an eye on the upcoming rural polls in the State, said that the TMC aims at building people's panchayat in the State. Mr. Abhishek, the nephew of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and considered the party's number two leader, will travel around 3,500 km during the two-month-long campaign and hold more than 250 rallies across the State. He had earlier said that the outreach campaign aims at reaching out to people and empowering them to decide on TMC candidates for the ensuing panchayat polls through secret ballots.