“It is possibly the first time Trinamul has planned meetings in neighbouring districts on the day the Prime Minister will be in the region. Churabhandar in Maynaguri, the venue of Modi’s meeting, is 36km from Falakata and 53km from Mathabhanga. When Modi was in North 24-Parganas’ Thakurnagar on Saturday, Trinamul had not organised any meeting in neighbouring areas. Trinamul has brushed aside such allegations while adopting a strategy to hold meetings at the same venues where BJP has held rallies. Trinamul will also start hiring vehicles on the pretext of meetings to create an artificial shortage,” said Gangaprasad Sharma, the BJP chief of Alipurduar.

Source: The Telegraph February 06, 2019 20:15 UTC