West Bengal elections 2021: TMC likely to release poll manifesto today
India
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 10:12 [IST]
Kolkata, Mar 17: The Chairperson of All India Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee will be addressing the media from her Kalighat Office on Wednesday for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections 2021.
As per reports, TMC is likely to announce its poll manifesto today.
The TMC had announced it will release its manifesto on March 9 but later decided to postpone it to March 11 due to the Kolkata fire incident which claimed nine lives.
The ruling party had not released its manifesto on Thursday, following the alleged attack on Banerjee during a campaign in Purba Medinipur s Nandigram on March 10.
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Mamata Banerjee promised her government would decrease unemployment and generate 5 lakh employment opportunities in a year. (Image: ANI)
Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 07:22 PM IST
Sitting on a wheelchair, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday released a development-oriented election manifesto of Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, promising a slew of schemes. We were supposed to release our manifesto earlier but due to my health condition, it took time. We are releasing our manifesto today by thanking Maa, Mati, Manush (mother, soil and people), said the chief minister while releasing the manifesto.