Kolkata, Apr 27 (PTI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee undertook a roadshow in south Kolkata on Monday afternoon, a couple of hours before the end of campaigning for the second phase of West Bengal assembly
polls.
The TMC chief was accompanied by party Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose and candidates Aroop Biswas and Debasish Kumar from Tollygunge and Rashbehari, respectively.
People waiting on the roadside and on rooftops and balconies waved at Banerjee as she greeted them with folded hands, walking briskly as her party compatriots had a tough time keeping pace with her.
The chief minister is contesting from the Bhabanipur assembly seat, where she is pitted against her bete noire, Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP, who defeated her in the 2021 elections in Nandigram.
Banerjee was subsequently elected from Bhabanipur in a byelection.
The roadshow, which started at Sukanta Setu in Jadavpur area, is scheduled to culminate at Gopalnagar crossing, past her Kalighat residence.
TMC flags, festoons, cutouts of Banerjee and banners with slogans in favour of the candidates adorned the roadsides through which the road show passed. PTI AMR RG
