New Delhi, April 20 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held her first community outreach programme in her Bhabanipur constituency on 19 April. Banerjee, the sitting MLA from the area, sharpened her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the deletion of names from electoral rolls and alleged attempts to divide people on religious and caste lines.

Bhabanipur has emerged as one of the most keenly watched contests of the 2026 assembly polls, with Banerjee, a three-term MLA from the seat, locked in a direct battle against Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Mamata filed her nomination from the Bhabanipur constituency in Kolkata on 8 April. The seat votes in the second phase on 29 April.

The contest in Bhabanipur ha...