Panchayat elections in West Bengal will be held next year, however a look at chief minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee’s tense agenda may additionally depart one thinking if they are subsequent month. The CM has been traveling more than a few districts in the state given that May, protecting meetings and assessing the ground situation ahead of the polls.
She went to Medinipur and did administrative and political conferences there. She visited the Bankura and Purulia districts this week. On Friday, she will be in Singur to inaugurate a Ma Santoshi temple. The TMC chief is then scheduled to go to Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar in north Bengal within the first week of June.
Party insiders say that in every district, Mamata is attempting to recognize the improvement situation and the condition of the TMC organisation.
By July, they say, she would have visited all 23 districts in West Bengal.
After getting a scare from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has swept assembly polls, municipal elections, and bypolls in the state.
So why then is the TMC chief laying such emphasis on her party’s preparations for the panchayat polls?
There are two reasons, say experts. One is, that she wants to get a feel of the state of affairs on the floor firsthand.
Second, the 2018 Bengal panchayat elections witnessed a wave of violence and a giant variety of seats had been picked up by way of Trinamool uncontested.
There have been allegations that the TMC did not allow the opposition to contest.
This, observers say, had a large impact on the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when the BJP bagged an remarkable 18 seats in the country out of the complete 42.
TMC sources say the birthday celebration this time has already recommended leaders and cadres in distinct districts that improvement ought to be the solely agenda of the elections, now not violence.
Mamata’s presence will rejuvenate the district organisations and also motivate the workers, they say.
However, Sukanta Majumdar, BJP country president, instructed News18, “Let Mamata Banerjee roam around. This will no longer yield votes. TMC ‘gundabahini’ (gang of goons) in the booths will earn them votes, and they will strive to use the administration as they usually do. We will confront them.”
