Mamata Banerjee to visit Tripura on Feb 6-7 for poll rallies

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will visit poll-bound Tripura on February 6 and 7 to address election rallies and meetings.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) state President Pijush Kanti Biswas said that before her visit, party's national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and a host of Bengal leaders would address election rallies across the state.

Speaking with media  Biswas, accompanied by party Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev and state party in-charge Rajib Banerjee, said that the party's candidates would be announced at the earliest and the central leaders are scrutinizing the applications of the possible candidates.

“Altogether 129 applications from all over Tripura submitted before the leadership willing to be the party candidates in the February 16 elections and alliance with any other party not yet finalised," said Biswas.

Biswas, a lawyer turned politician, said that if the Trinamool came to power after the elections, it would provide adequate relief and return their money to the 14 lakh people who had deposited money in various chit funds schemes. He said that the BJP, before coming to power in 2018, assured that they would help the 14 lakh depositors in the chit funds but they did nothing, with the BJP government even using the assets and buildings of the chit fund companies.