Calcutta, July 10: Mamata Banerjee will tomorrow hit the road that can take her to the heart of two complex problems and eventually to the July 21 Brigade rally where she is expected to project her government as one that keeps its word.
Trinamul sources said the chief minister would leave for the Maoist-hit Jungle Mahal tomorrow evening. She is scheduled to address two rallies in West Midnapore’s Jhargram and Nayagram and distribute pattas (land deeds) among farmers on Tuesday.
The next day, she will attend a rally in Bankura’s Sarenga before returning to Calcutta. Mamata is also expected to “announce development projects”. The effort comes against the backdrop of a peace initiative launched by the government last week.
Mamata is also expected to pursue the Darjeeling deal before the July 21 rally, the martyrs’ day event that will be shifted to Brigade to mark the election victory.
The sources said she was expected to embark on a two-day trip to Darjeeling on July 18. “The inking of the tripartite agreement with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the Centre is expected around that time,” a Trinamul leader said.
Mamata, he said, will push for the resolution of the two issues “keeping in mind the July 21 rally”. “She had promised to solve the problems in Darjeeling and Jungle Mahal within 200 days of coming to power. Her message to the state will be she fulfils her promises.”
A state government official said: “We had requested the Union home secretary to visit Darjeeling on July 12 or 13. But we were informed that the trip could not be arranged in such a short time. So Mamata will visit Jungle Mahal first.”
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110711/jsp/bengal/story_14223778.jsp
Trinamul sources said the chief minister would leave for the Maoist-hit Jungle Mahal tomorrow evening. She is scheduled to address two rallies in West Midnapore’s Jhargram and Nayagram and distribute pattas (land deeds) among farmers on Tuesday.
The next day, she will attend a rally in Bankura’s Sarenga before returning to Calcutta. Mamata is also expected to “announce development projects”. The effort comes against the backdrop of a peace initiative launched by the government last week.
Mamata is also expected to pursue the Darjeeling deal before the July 21 rally, the martyrs’ day event that will be shifted to Brigade to mark the election victory.
The sources said she was expected to embark on a two-day trip to Darjeeling on July 18. “The inking of the tripartite agreement with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the Centre is expected around that time,” a Trinamul leader said.
Mamata, he said, will push for the resolution of the two issues “keeping in mind the July 21 rally”. “She had promised to solve the problems in Darjeeling and Jungle Mahal within 200 days of coming to power. Her message to the state will be she fulfils her promises.”
A state government official said: “We had requested the Union home secretary to visit Darjeeling on July 12 or 13. But we were informed that the trip could not be arranged in such a short time. So Mamata will visit Jungle Mahal first.”
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110711/jsp/bengal/story_14223778.jsp