Kolkata: BJP national president Nitin Nabin is scheduled to lead a rally from College Street to Esplanade on Nov 2 as part of the party’s ‘save democracy, remove anarchy’ campaign in Bengal. The campaign will begin on Saturday as part of BJP’s nationwide programme countering the Opposition’s protests against SIR.
BJP state vice-president Prabal Raha said the campaign would extend to Howrah and Siliguri on Nov 3, Krishnanagar on Nov 4 and Durgapur on Nov 5. “The campaign’s second phase will begin on Nov 11, after Kali Puja and Diwali. The party plans to organise marches at 800 locations, with at least 10,000 participants expected to take part,” Raha said, adding that the BJP also plans to bring nationalists from across the country together in support of the programme.
The party may announce its candidates after Kali Puja , according to sources. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya will join the rally. Nabin is also scheduled to meet state leaders, including central observer Sunil Bansal, to discuss strategy for the upcoming municipal corporation elections in Kolkata and Howrah.