Temple visits key part of Mamata’s Goa visit
The Hindu
Three-day trip aimed at expanding the TMC’s footprint
Temple visits are going to be as she arrived for a three-day tour of Goa on Thursday.
The Trinamool Congress chairperson is scheduled to visit three temples on Friday. After an interactive session with members of the fishermen community, Ms. Banerjee will visit the Mangueshi Temple, followed by the Shri Mahalsa Narayani Temple and Tapobhoomi Temple.
The visit to three temples in a day assumes significance as the TMC chairperson is trying to extend her party’s footprint in the western State.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.