Didi ke bolo

Subhrangsu Gupta

Neither Mamata Banerjee nor any other TMC leaders, so far, came out in public in admitting that the drive was initiated at the advice and instruction of the poll-strategist Prasant Kishore who was appointed by the party for guiding them in the right direction and ensuring the TMC's massive victory in the 2021 state assembly elections.

" Didi ke bolo"- tell didi (if you have any suggestion or problem); contact no. 91370 91370.” This is how the TMC launches it's campaign as part of its drive for regaining the people's faith and confidence and the party's lost popularity.

Mamata Banerjee is convinced that their popularity and the party's acceptability had eroded to a large extent which helped the BJP in making an inroad into the TMC's bastion in Bengal.

She feels it is now the right time that the party should make a serious move to revitalise themselves and regain the people's trust and confidence.

Accordingly, the party leaders and workers in thousands are now out in different areas in the city and suburbs in meeting the people,listening to their problems and resolving them on the spot, if possible.

The people are also advised to contact didi about their problems if they are not satisfied after their meetings with the local leaders, MPs and MLAs.

Neither Banerjee nor any other TMC leaders so far came out in public in admitting that the drive was initiated at the advice and instruction of the poll-strategist Prasant Kishore who was appointed by the party for guiding them in the right direction and ensuring the TMC's massive victory in the 2021 state assembly elections.

Prasant Kishore But several leaders and workers admitted they had received phone calls from Prasant Kishore himself, some others from his team, enquiring about their whereabouts and their public relation works with the people.
Banerjee denied they had hired Kishore with his hefty consultancy charge of Rs 400-Rs 500 crore as both the Congress and BJP did in the past.
Ours has been a poor party and we can't afford to pay such huge amount and engage him as consultant, she added.
Still when there are persons who can love and help our party voluntarily and then why would we not take such voluntary help from those persons,she asserted.
The party supremo did not discuss publicly about Prasant Kishore vis-a-vis the TMC's participation in the 2021 assembly polls.

We are not campaigning for the polls as there is still two years time in hand before the elections.

But it is a fact that we are going to the people and meeting them for regaining their trust and confidence which we had lost for some reasons or other, Banerjee admitted.

Incidentally, the veteran Marxist the late Jyoti Basu during his last days when the party's popularity was rapidly eroding, used to often advise the party comrades for meeting the people, talking to them and listening to their problems and redress those problems.

He was worried if the CPI(M) would be in power some more days because a large section of people had already started deserting them who had been in power in Bengal for some three decades since 1977.

But the party's young generation leaders and workers did not give much importance to Basu's advice. As a result, soon the party had it's natural downfall which Basu had sadly experienced before his death on 17 january 2010 (Banerjee came to power after her party's massive victory in 2011 assembly elections after defeating the CPI(M) led left front government.)

The TMC won 22 seats in the last Lok Sabha poll and the BJP which had only two seats, had now won in 19 seats, which worried Banerjee about her party's political future.

She herself experienced how the all-powerful CPI(M) was rapidly losing the people's support and the giant tower in Bengal and other places was falling down.

As such Mamata does not want to sit idle and waste time. She injected her party men to jump into the field and get them actively involved in meeting the people and regaining the people's faith and confidence.

She asked the leaders and workers to change their live-style and make them easily accessible to the people.

Amit Mitra and Purnendu Bose Partha Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee Several senior ministers and other leaders like Dr Amit Mitra, Purnendu Bose, Partha Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee already visited their respective constituencies in the past few days and met the local individually and batches.

Dr Mitra said the response was most encouraging and a new enthusiasm had been noticed in the minds of the people.

Subrata said he did not know if the new drive had been taken at the advice of Prasant Kishore. But he admitted it was an effective and positive step, which if continued, was bound to yield good result.

Mamata Banerjee said the drive would continue for three more months and thereafter, the party workers would be given some new tasks to follow .But she did not divulge if these tasks would come from Prasant Kishore and his team.



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" Didi ke bolo"- tell didi (if you have any suggestion or problem); contact no. 91370 91370.” This is how the TMC launches it's campaign as part of its drive for regaining the people's faith and confidence and the party's lost popularity. Mamata Banerjee is convinced that their popularity and the party's acceptability had eroded to a large extent which helped the BJP in making an inroad into the TMC's bastion in Bengal. She feels it is now the right time that the party should make a serious move to revitalise themselves and regain the people's trust and confidence. Accordingly, the party leaders and workers in thousands are now out in different areas in the city and suburbs in meeting the people,listening to their problems and resolving them on the spot, if possible. The people are also advised to contact didi about their problems if they are not satisfied after their meetings with the local leaders, MPs and MLAs. Neither Banerjee nor any other TMC leaders so far came out in public in admitting that the drive was initiated at the advice and instruction of the poll-strategist Prasant Kishore who was appointed by the party for guiding them in the right direction and ensuring the TMC's massive victory in the 2021 state assembly elections. Prasant Kishore But several leaders and workers admitted they had received phone calls from Prasant Kishore himself, some others from his team, enquiring about their whereabouts and their public relation works with the people. Banerjee denied they had hired Kishore with his hefty consultancy charge of Rs 400-Rs 500 crore as both the Congress and BJP did in the past. Ours has been a poor party and we can't afford to pay such huge amount and engage him as consultant, she added. Still when there are persons who can love and help our party voluntarily and then why would we not take such voluntary help from those persons,she asserted. The party supremo did not discuss publicly about Prasant Kishore vis-a-vis the TMC's participation in the 2021 assembly polls. We are not campaigning for the polls as there is still two years time in hand before the elections. But it is a fact that we are going to the people and meeting them for regaining their trust and confidence which we had lost for some reasons or other, Banerjee admitted. Incidentally, the veteran Marxist the late Jyoti Basu during his last days when the party's popularity was rapidly eroding, used to often advise the party comrades for meeting the people, talking to them and listening to their problems and redress those problems. He was worried if the CPI(M) would be in power some more days because a large section of people had already started deserting them who had been in power in Bengal for some three decades since 1977. But the party's young generation leaders and workers did not give much importance to Basu's advice. As a result, soon the party had it's natural downfall which Basu had sadly experienced before his death on 17 january 2010 (Banerjee came to power after her party's massive victory in 2011 assembly elections after defeating the CPI(M) led left front government.) The TMC won 22 seats in the last Lok Sabha poll and the BJP which had only two seats, had now won in 19 seats, which worried Banerjee about her party's political future. She herself experienced how the all-powerful CPI(M) was rapidly losing the people's support and the giant tower in Bengal and other places was falling down. As such Mamata does not want to sit idle and waste time. She injected her party men to jump into the field and get them actively involved in meeting the people and regaining the people's faith and confidence. She asked the leaders and workers to change their live-style and make them easily accessible to the people. Amit Mitra and Purnendu Bose Partha Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee Several senior ministers and other leaders like Dr Amit Mitra, Purnendu Bose, Partha Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee already visited their respective constituencies in the past few days and met the local individually and batches. Dr Mitra said the response was most encouraging and a new enthusiasm had been noticed in the minds of the people. Subrata said he did not know if the new drive had been taken at the advice of Prasant Kishore. But he admitted it was an effective and positive step, which if continued, was bound to yield good result. Mamata Banerjee said the drive would continue for three more months and thereafter, the party workers would be given some new tasks to follow .But she did not divulge if these tasks would come from Prasant Kishore and his team.