Dhupguri, April 18 -- Sharpening the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the West Bengal Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the poll-bound state is "ensnared in the clutches of mafias" that thrive under the patronage of the Trinamool Congress government.

The Chief Minister will address public meetings organised today in the Mathabhanga at 11: 50 am and the Dhupguri Assembly constituencies at 01:20 pm.

He will also participate in a grand roadshow organised in the Bankura Assembly constituency at 04:15 pm ahead of the upcoming elections, which will take place in two phases on April 23 and 29, with the results set for May 4.

Sharing a post on X, CM Yogi wrote, "West Bengal is ensnared ...