TMC rally: Among speakers, some young faces and community leaders

Anit Thapa said in his address, “We were with the BJP earlier. Before election, they promised many things but did not implement those. On the other hand, (CM) Mamata Banerjee did developmental work for Darjeeling.” In Panchayat election, Anit Thapa’s party BGPM won in the two-tier Gorkha Territorial Administration election.

TMC youth wing leader Sayani Ghosh, who was recently questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the school jobs scam. Ghosh said in rally, “We have to sharpen our movement against the BJP so that we can oust them in 2024.”

Basunia said in his speech, “People of North Bengal realised that, they made mistakes in the previous Lok Sabha and Assembly election. They rectified these in the panchayat election. They realised only Mamata Banerjee can develop their North Bengal.”

Friday’s rally started with the speech of new student face of the TMC – Rajanya Halder, a student of Presidency University. She said, “The coming Lok Sabha election is a big fight for us. We will be guided by our leader Mamata Banerjee and will defeat the communal force like BJP.”

Tribal leader Birbaha Hansda said, “Mamata Banerjee is the only Chief Minister who recognised the religion of Santhali ‘Sarna’. Our Government wrote to the Centre but they did not respond to it…”

Matua face of TMC Biswajit Das who elected as BJP MLA from Bangaon and later joined TMC said, “Mamata Banerjee made huge development in this state, what Central Government not even did in last nine years. They only divided India between caste and religion.”