Campaigning hotted up in poll-bound West Bengal on Sunday as the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Opposition left Front made the most of a Sunday with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee taking to the streets to woo voters.
Banerjee, walked a seven km stretch from Joka to Behala in the southern fringe of the metropolis in the afternoon in support of party candidates Partha Chatterjee, a Cabinet Minister, and city mayor Sobhan Chatterjee, who are sitting MlAs from Behala West and Behala East respectively.
Thousands of party workers and supporters joined the procession through the arterial Diamond Harbour Road, as residents crowded the footpaths and others tried to catch a glimpse of the TMC supremo from balconies and rooftops.
With Sunday being the second Sunday after the six-phase elections were announced in West Bengal by the Election Commission, several leaders tried to make the most of it in different parts of the State.
Ministers Firhad Hakim, Chandrima Bhattacharya, cricketer lakshmi Ratan Shukla, who has been fielded by TMC from Howrah North Assembly seat, were seen walking through lanes and bylanes in their constituencies.
Opposition left Front candidates Anjan Bera, former lok Sabha MP Sujan Chakraborti, who has been fielded by the CPI(M) from Jadavpur in place of former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, were seen interacting with people in markets and residential localities.