One daughter of West Bengal (nijer meye), the CM of the state, received support from another daughter of the state (dhonni meye-blessed girl), an actor of national fame in rally & roadshow at DumDum.
Jaya Bachchan, a ‘daughter of Bengal’, hailed as dhonni meye (blessed girl) carried out a procession followed by a crowd in support of Bratya Basu, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Dumdum Centre.
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On Tuesday, Jaya Bachchan started campaigning from the ice factory area in front of Dumdum municipality early evening. The road show with a huge number of people ended in Gorabazar area. TMC camp claimed that the promotion by a high-profile celebrity of the country will have a significant impact. Jaya Bachchan also did a road show in support of Trinamool candidate Chandrima Bhattacharya from North Dumdum Centre and Debashish Kumar from Rash Behari Centre.
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Jaya Bachchan hailed West Bengal-CM Mamata Banerjee as a fighter who is fighting all the atrocities alone with a broken leg. Jayaji also took a swipe at BJP stating that no one has ever succeeded by intimidating Bengalis. She stated, “Bengalis never bow their heads before threat or intimidation.” Being an MP from Samajwadi Party (SP), Jayaji mentioned that she was in West Bengal on the instructions of the party president Akhilesh Yadav.
In support for TMC, Jaya Bachchan added, “She (Mamata Banerjee) will accomplish what she wants. Bengal will witness further development under her leadership.” Jaya Bachchan flew into the state from Mumbai on Sunday evening with an agenda to rally for re-election of the Trinamool Congress on behalf of SP. Apart from SP; other prominent parties like NCP, Shiv Sena, RJD, and JMM have extended their support to the TMC.
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After campaigning for Trinamool candidate Arup Biswas in Tollygunge on Monday, she came to campaign at Dumdum Assembly constituency on the same day. Subsequently, the road show started from the ice factory area with Bratya Basu. As the procession progressed, it practically turned into a mass flood. Not only Trinamool Congress workers, supporters, many ordinary people also joined. As the procession passed through Mandir Road, Jagannath Tiwari Road, Harimohan Dutt Road, Green Park, the common people on both sides of the road showered the ‘Blessed Girl of Bengal’ Jaya with flowers.
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Regarding the procession, Bratya Basu said, “Jayaji is very happy to see our procession. She has repeatedly said that Mamata Banerjee will be the Chief Minister again. She even ended the road show with the support of the Dumdum workers.” Bratya also added, “I am personally very happy. It is a big deal that a Padma Shri recipient like Jayaji has come to the campaign on my behalf. We are happy that she came so far at the call of Mamata Banerjee.”
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It is worthwhile to underline that in addition to the Dumdum assembly constituency, Jaya did a road show on behalf of Trinamool candidate Chandrima Bhattacharya of North Dumdum. In this regard, she took part in a huge road show from Kalyani Road, MB Road junction to Jessore Road junction. Everywhere, there was practically the same picture about the enthusiasm of the people joining the roadshow. The people of North Dumdum forming a mass-flood were hailing the Bengali daughter.
