India, March 22 -- With barely a month left for the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, the ruling TMC is preparing to unleash a twin-front campaign blitz led by party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in north Bengal and her nephew Abhishek in the southern districts, a strategy aimed at countering the BJP across two distinct electoral battlegrounds.

Party sources said Mamata Banerjee will formally launch the campaign in north Bengal, a region long regarded as a BJP stronghold, with a mega rally at the Alipurduar Parade Ground on March 24. The chief minister is also scheduled to address meetings the same day at Matigara in Darjeeling district and Maynaguri in Jalpaiguri.

The move signals a clear attempt by the TM...