Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Bhabanipur assembly constituency, preceded by a roadshow

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination papers as the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Bhabanipur Assembly seat (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

Amid slogans of support from party workers, she began a roadshow from her Kalighat residence towards the Alipore Survey Building (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

Supporters gathered in large numbers along the route, raising slogans and cheering as she moved through the constituency (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

She walked nearly 800 metres with folded hands and her trademark smile, greeting supporters lined up on both sides of the road (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

Banerjee reached the Alipore Survey Building where she formally submitted her nomination papers for the upcoming elections (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

After filing her nomination, she stated that she was born and brought up in Bhabanipur and that her life’s journey began from the constituency (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

She appealed to voters across all 294 assembly seats to support her party’s candidates, expressing confidence in securing a bigger mandate than in previous elections (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

Banerjee also raised concerns over the deletion of names from electoral rolls and said her party would again move court against the freezing of the voter list (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

She was accompanied during the nomination process by family members and party associates, including Rubi Hakim, Bablu Singh and Miraj Shah (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)

The Bhabanipur contest, where Banerjee is set to face Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is part of the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled on April 23 and 29, with counting on May 4 (Source: Photo by Partha Paul)