Union Minister Smriti Irani was seen negotiating the narrow lanes of suburban Kolkata on a scooter as part of a BJP motorcycle rally on Friday, just a day after Trinamool Congress boss and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen. riding to work.
On a day the Election Commission is expected to announce dates for the Bengal elections, due in April-May, along with other states across the country, the BJP’s big guns Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani are campaigning on Mamata Banerjee’s turf.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be in Balurghat along with state BJP president Dilip Ghosh while Ms Irani, the union minister for textiles, took part in the bike rally in Baruipur-Sonarpur area in the South 24 Parganas district, a Trinamool Congress stronghold.
