hold it: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chairperson Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that despite the attacks on her party leaders, her party will stand behind the people of the state. Earlier, the Chief Minister of West Bengal came here on a two-day tour of Tripura, an election duty station. Mamata Banerjee was accompanied by her nephew and the party’s National General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.
Trinamool Congress State Chairman Piyush Kanti Biswas, Party MP Sushmita Dev and Senior Leader Rajib Banerjee welcomed the party chief at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport here. Speaking to reporters at the airport, Mamata said: “I have come here to say that the Trinamool Congress stood with you (ordinary people) when there was no one in the midst of the BJP tyranny.” Our people were attacked and vehicles were vandalized. Even high-level leaders like Kakali Ghosh Dastidar, Dola Sen and Sushmita Dev were not spared.”
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Mamata Banerjee said that Tripura is her “second home”. “I have worked with leaders like Santosh Mohan Dev and Manoranjan Bhakt of Tripura when the Congress came back to power (in 1988). I am very familiar with this northeastern state. Mamta said: “The nicest thing about this place is that I can speak my mother tongue. Be it food, dress, taste or lifestyle, the people of Tripura have close ties to West Bengal.”
He said that he will go directly from the airport to the Tripureshwari temple to offer prayers. Meanwhile, party sources indicated that the Trinamool president will participate in a road show on Tuesday and will tour all the important roads of the city and will also address a rally. (agency)