Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee is facing obstacles in holding a rally in her own constituency! Mamata herself alleges that the Returning Officer is not allowing her to hold a rally in Bhowanipore. Challenging the Returning Officer, the Trinamool supremo held an impromptu tea session on the streets of Bhowanipore. Political circles consider Tuesday’s incident highly significant. She went to College Street in the afternoon and had tea there.
The second phase of state elections is on the 29th. Voting in Kolkata’s Bhowanipore constituency is scheduled for that same day. Mamata Banerjee is again a candidate from that constituency. She now alleges she is being prevented from campaigning in her own constituency. The Trinamool leader made this accusation directly from a rally in Jagaddal, North 24 Parganas. Not only that, she launched a scathing attack on the Bhowanipore Returning Officer. She was not given permission to hold a rally on College Street! The supremo expressed strong anger over this today.
Mamata said, “You will stop me by not giving permission? I won’t hold a meeting. But I can go have tea. Can you stop me from having tea? Try if you dare. I don’t need to hold a meeting. If I go somewhere and sit on the road, everyone will come.”
Not only that, attacking the Returning Officer from the stage, she said, “I will go to College Street in my assembly constituency. If another party had a meeting, I would ask for permission, but you are not giving it to me. I wouldn’t say anything. There is no party meeting. Such audacity—that traitor sent someone as Bhowanipore’s Returning Officer, and he says he won’t give permission. I will see if after the elections, the BJP makes you a Governor or a President?” Not only that, even if permission for a rally is denied, no one can stop her from going to have tea. The leader said that from the stage. Afterward, in the afternoon, the Trinamool leader returned to Kolkata and appeared on College Street.
From the rally stage today, Mamata said, “You will stop me by not giving permission? I won’t hold a meeting. But I can go have tea. Can you stop me from having tea? Try if you dare. I don’t need to hold a meeting. If I go somewhere and sit on the road, everyone will come.” Issuing that challenge, Mamata Banerjee’s car stopped at the College Street intersection on the way home. She got out of the car there and chatted for a while with people at a tea stall at the intersection. She engaged in public relations. She sat on a chair on the road and had tea with locals. The Trinamool supremo has begun an intensive public outreach process. Yesterday, Monday, she also campaigned by visiting residential areas. Today, Mamata was on College Street for about five minutes. There are reports that Mamata has a street rally scheduled at the College Street intersection on April 24 at 7 PM.
