India, March 24 -- Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is banking on her trusted lieutenants to campaign in her Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata, as she is expected to be mostly away leading the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s electioneering across West Bengal. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the Opposition in the outgoing assembly, against Banerjee in Bhabanipur, which goes to the polls on April 29.

Banerjee was scheduled to launch the TMC's campaign from North Bengal on Tuesday. She was expected to tour Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Bankura, Purulia, Burdwan, and West Midnapore districts over the next seven days.

"Banerjee will be away from Kolkata most of the time over the next month ...