West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee continued with her protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), with a rally in Purulia district on Monday.
The rally route of three and a half kilometres is meant to reach out to people along the way, from the area adjoining Victoria School till Purulia town taxi stand. This is Banerjee’s first visit to Purulia after the Lok Sabha elections in which her party Trinamool Congress faced a tough challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and lost considerable support of the people.
On Sunday, Banerjee held an administrative meeting in Purulia and expressed her disappointment about pending work in various developmental projects. She directed the local administration to speed up work on the projects and asked her party leaders to work out strategies to combat the BJP in the district.
On Sunday, Banerjee held an administrative meeting in Purulia and expressed her disappointment about pending work in various developmental projects. She directed the local administration to speed up work on the projects and asked her party leaders to work out strategies to combat the BJP in the district.
Local leaders of the Trinamool Congress in Purulia are hopeful that their party will be able to recover its position in the district.
After congratulating Hemant Soren and his party for winning the recent state election, Banerjee attended his oath-taking ceremony on Sunday on his invitation. Banerjee has congratulated Soren and his party, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) saying that their win suggested that the people in the state were against CAA and NRC. The local leaders are thus optimistic about the fact that their party will be able to strengthen its organisation with help from the friendly JMM government in the neighbouring Jharkhand.
Banerjee’s rally against the CAA-NRC and the party’s declared position on the issue will also help bring back people’s trust on the party, the local leaders feel.
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