'Didi' Bets On 'Didi No.1' Star To Woo Women Voters Amid Sandeshkhali Row
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Rachna Banerjee anchors Didi No 1, a very popular show on Bengali television
If there was an award for glitz quotient in announcing Lok Sabha poll candidates, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress would be a clear winner. While other parties, including the BJP and the Congress, put out lacklustre lists with names of candidates and the seats they were chosen for, Trinamool hosted a gala event in Kolkata's Brigade ground last weekend to introduce its poll picks.
Ms Banerjee led the parade, waving to the crowd and followed by the party's 42 candidates for as many Lok Sabha seats in Bengal. Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, virtually the No.2 in the party, read out the names.
A surprise choice walked right behind the Trinamool chief. It is a face that keeps Bengali women in and outside the state hooked to the TV screen for an hour daily. It was the face of Rachna Banerjee.
