The near-absence of the tribal community at Saturday’s public meeting of youth Trinamul president and MP Abhishek Banerjee in Nagrakata has left district party leaders frowning.
On Saturday, some 25,000 people had turned up at Abhishek’s meeting at the European Club grounds, Nagrakata, but only a fraction was from the tribal community.
“However, we found that the number of tribal people was very few,” said K.K. Kalyani, the Jalpaiguri district Trinamul president on Sunday. “This should not have happened as the meeting was arranged to address the tribals, thousands of whom live in Nagrakata, Malbazar and adjoining areas. The block leaders and elected representatives of these areas have been asked to find out why tribal turnout was low.”