KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be meeting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.
She will be departing for the national capital on Sunday afternoon, with multiple programmes scheduled during her trip, primarily focusing on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.
Apart from that, she is also likely to interact with the top leaders of the opposition parties with an aim to create consensus against the revision exercise.
Party insiders said the Chief Minister deliberately chose this time for her visit to the national capital, considering that the top leaders of all opposition parties will be present there because of the ongoing Budget Session.
Although the date of her return to Kolkata is yet to be finalised, Trinamool Congress insiders said that she will return before February 5, considering the “vote on account” will be presented in the West Bengal Assembly on that day.