New Delhi: Amid BJP’s accusations of harassment and intimidation by the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress, PM Modi will address a public meeting in Jalpaiguri district’s Churabhandar on Friday, to give a fillip to the saffron outfit’s Lok Sabha poll campaign in northern West Bengal. The BJP’s big hopes for a good show in the eastern state, where the party has been traditionally weak, hinges around a good performance in the eight seats spread across seven North Bengal districts.
It has lined up a series of big public meets by drafting top national leaders as part of its ongoing February campaign blitz across Bengal. After bringing Amit Shah in Malda, Rajnath Singh in Falakata (Alipurduar) and Mathabhanga (Cooch Behar) and Aarranging telephonic address of Yogi in Balurghat (S Dinajpur) and Raiganj (N Dinajpur) after his chopper was not given landing permission, the saffron outfit’s first round of campaign in N Bengal reaches a climax with Modi’s programme.
