Kolkata, March 15 -- Ahead of the announcement by the Election Commission of India on the schedule for Legislative Assembly polls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress Minister and Mayor of Kolkata, Firhad Hakim on Sunday began an election campaign from the Bhawanipur Assembly constituency. The constituency is represented by the state Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.

During the campaign, Hakim alleged that the BJP if voted to power will allegedly oppress the Bengali community in the State, loot the state's resources and said that the very existence of Bengal is at stake.

"BJP is coming here to oppress; it is coming to loot the state. Bengalis will be oppressed. Accounts will be settled, one by one. We tell our people that we must stand tog...