The leader had arrived with her fellow ministers Frihad Hakim and Aroop Biswas at the Suruchi Sangha Puja, where she tried her hand at playing dhak alongside other dhakis (people who play the instrument) and ministers from her cabinet.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the by-election in Bhabanipur assembly constituency in South Kolkata defeated her nearest rival Priyanka Tibrewal of BJP by a record margin of 58,832 votes. Previously Banerjee had the record of .