‘My battery remains charged when I am meeting people’: Md Salim, CPI(M) West Bengal State Secretary

'We are activists for all the 365 days. Throughout the year, we are used to staying on the road. My battery remains charged when I am with the people.'

By: Express News Service
Kolkata | May 1, 2024 07:00 AM IST

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CPI(M) leader Mohammed Salim and Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury during a rally , in Murshidabad, Saturday. (Image source: PTI)

What is a campaign day like for you?

I get to meet people and I enjoy that. I am asking them to vote and people are saying, “You will get our vote.”

What do you pack in your bag when you go out to campaign?

I don’t carry anything. Some people offer lemon water, ORS, coconut water, and I am enjoying that.

How are you and your party workers managing to look after yourselves in this scorching heat?

We are activists for all the 365 days. Throughout the year, we are used to staying on the road. My battery remains charged when I am with the people. During the election, more people are there, so I am more charged.

My comrades are trained and equipped. They have faced the police, fake cases, communal violence, goons, wrath of the TMC government, and have survived.