Kolkata:
On a day West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives in New Delhi to push ahead her agenda for opposition unity, Tripura is centrestage with over a dozen Trinamool MPs set to take a seat on dharna within the nationwide capital protesting the violence towards their get together employees within the BJP-ruled northeastern state.
The MPs have additionally sought an appointment with Residence Minister Amit Shah.
Mamata Banerjee, who lands in Delhi this night, might meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout her go to to debate central funds for the state and the problem of the enlargement of the BSF’s zone of management. Tripura might additionally function of their talks. She returns to Kolkata on twenty fifth.
Over the past 48 hours in Agartala, Trinamool’s Sayani Ghosh, youth chief and actor, was charged with tried homicide for shouting indignant slogans from her car whereas driving previous a public assembly by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Saturday.
On Sunday Ms Ghosh went to a police station the place she was questioned and arrested. Whereas she was detained, the police station was attacked twice by masked males. A number of Trinamool employees have been injured; police needed to whisk Mr Ghosh off to security.
Tripura Trinamool chief Subol Bhowmik was injured in an assault on his house cum get together workplace.
Trinamool nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who can also be Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, shall be in Agartala for a padyatra on Monday forward of the 25 November civic polls within the state.
In Delhi, in the meantime, all eyes on whether or not Mamata Banerjee meets Sonia Gandhi after some heartburn between the 2 events. A number of Congress leaders have joined Trinamool in current weeks in Goa and even Uttar Pradesh.
Forward of her go to, there was appreciable buzz about Varun Gandhi becoming a member of the Trinamool Congress. Whereas he’s with the BJP, he’s a member of the Gandhi household and such a transfer might trigger additional friction.