Mamata Banerjee starts two-day visit to poll-bound Meghalaya

Months ahead of the assembly polls Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began her twoday visit to Meghalaya on Monday to rejuvenate the party in the northeastern stateMamata Banerjee accompanied by her nephew and partys National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other leaders arrived in Shillong with a rousing welcome by the Trinamool Congress leaders and workersTMCs Meghalaya unit President Charles Pyngrope Opposition Leader and former chief minister Mukul Sangma party leaders George Lyngdoh and Zenith Sangma received Mamata Banerjee at the airport A TMC leader said that on Tuesday Mamata Banerjee would hold a party workers convention at the U Soso Tham Auditorium in ShillongTMC leaders of the state representatives of all district and block committees members of women Youth and Student fronts and over hundreds of party workers and members would attend the conventionOn Tuesday evening she would be attending PreChristmas celebrations with children from different orphanages Tribal Headmen from Khasi and Jaintia Hills eminent members from the civil society and prominent influential people of Meghalaya at the Windermere Resort in ShillongMukul Sangma later said that they are very happy that the TMC Chairperson is in Meghalaya on her first ever visit to the hill stateAlso Read Mamata Banerjee to address TMC workers in Meghalaya on Dec 13All the foot soldiers from the party from nooks and corners of the state have got their chance to meet the Chairperson They will have an opportunity to have an audience with her in the meeting Sangma saidAs assembly elections in Meghalaya Nagaland and Tripura are expected to be held in February 2023 political parties and the Election Commission have started their activities in the three northeastern statesTrinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee visited Meghalaya last month and led a massive rally in Tura second most important city in the hill state after capital ShillongFormer Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma 20102018 along with 11 Congress MLAs joined the Trinamool Congress in November 2021 and now the party is the main opposition party in MeghalayaHowever on November 28 Trinamool Congress MLA HM Shangpliang submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh and he is likely to join the BJPThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever