TMC Manifesto In Meghalaya Next Week; Mamata To Hold A Road Show In Tripura On Feb 7

With an aim at expanding the party's footprint in the northeast, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will hold a road show in poll-bound Tripura on February 7, a party leader said on Saturday.
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TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will release the party's manifesto for the Meghalaya assembly polls on January 24, he said.?
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"Mamata Banerjee will visit Tripura on February 6-7. On the first day of her visit to the poll-bound state, she will offer puja at Tripureshwari temple and will hold a road show in Agartala on February 7," the TMC leader said, requesting anonymity.?
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This will be her third visit to the northeastern region in three months as she held a public meeting in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district on January 18 and addressed a TMC workers' convention last month in the state's capital Shillong.?
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The Trinamool Congress is likely to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Tripura alone, the party leader said. ?
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The party is yet to take a call on whether it will field candidates in all the 60 constituencies or only in those seats where it has a "strong presence", he said.?
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Elections to the Tripura assembly will be held on February 16. ?
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The TMC has been trying to strengthen its foothold in Meghalaya and Tripura along with Assam in the region.
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"Abhishek Banerjee will visit another poll-bound state Meghalaya on January 24 and release the TMC's manifesto there," the party leader said.
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Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya assembly will be on February 27.
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In November 2021, 12 of the 17 MLAs of the Congress in Meghalaya joined the TMC, making it the principal opposition party in the assembly of the hill state.