In all, 43 Assembly segments are going to the polls in North and South Bengal in which there is a fair sprinkling of the political heavyweights and new but much adored faces from the silver screen who aspire to be people's representatives.
In Garhbeta, once the hotbed of Maoists movements, Banerjee reminded after TMC came to power, they brought peace not only in Garbheta but also the entire Junglemahal area.
During an hour-long outreach campaign, Bhattacharya visited many families and interacted with them at Prantik Pally, almost at the same time Ghosh was holding another public relation exercise of the BJP 'Chai Pe Charcha' in Ward 30.
Notably, a section of BJP workers are not happy at the selection of Bishal Lama as the BJP candidate for the Kalchini Assembly constituency. Lama had only recently switched sides to the BJP from the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha.
Bista, who is looking into the Hill, Terai and Dooars affairs ahead of the Assembly elections, also talked about the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), which he termed as a product of Mamata Banerjee, who looks after the Hill affairs.
In a letter to the Election Commission, the BJP camp has demanded that her treatment details at SSKM be brought to the public so that people could know exactly what had happened to her health condition after the incident at Nandigram.
Political analysts said the developments might send across a wrong message among the people when the party had been preparing for the elections.
According to political observers, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, following the Nandigram incident, has started campaigning from Kolkata and other districts on a wheelchair and by "showcasing her broken leg," BJP leaders are set to counter the TMC over many issues, including Nandigram.
Taking on questions that a six-member delegation of the ruling party submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the alleged attack on Banerjee, the BJP leader said the ECI does not look into the law and order situation in the state.
Mamata Banerjee hoped that she would be able to get back to her work in the next two-three days. She also appealed to all her party workers and supporters to maintain discipline and peace across the state.
