BJP stages protest at Singur as Mamata Banerjee campaigns in Goa
The Hindu
Highlighting agrarian issues, party wants to take the fight to rural Bengal
The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday began a three-day protest at Singur highlighting the agrarian distress in the State.
Senior BJP leaders including Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, State president Sukanta Majumdar and national vice-president Dilip Ghosh attended an event organised by party Kisan Morcha at a time when Trinamool Congress chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is busy campaigning in Goa.
The BJP leadership highlighted issues of farmers’ distress particularly loss of crops due to floods and rains earlier this month because of the impact of the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal and demanded compensation for the affected farmers.