KOLKATA: Amid the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal later this month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing as many as four public rallies in the state on Wednesday, which coincides with the Bengali New Year’s Day.
HM Shah's scheduled events will start with a public meeting at Lobong Ground in Darjeeling district at 11.30 a.m., which will be followed by three other public meetings -- Rajganj in Jalpaiguri district at 1 p.m., Falakata in Alipurduar district at 2.30 p.m., and Tufanganj in Cooch Behar district at 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, less than 24 hours before the scheduled rally of the Union Home Minister at Falakata on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and also the sitting legislator from that constituency was attacked on Tuesday night, allegedly by the Trinamool Congress activists led by the chief of the Trinamool Congress-led Falakata-II village panchayat, Ravi Minz, and his associates.
The purported attack took place while Burman was on a door-to-door campaign, when Minz and his associates attacked Burman and his associates with sticks, following which Burman’s driver was severely injured.