Midnapore, Oct. 26 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has set the BJP a target of winning all 30 seats in the forthcoming Haldia Municipality elections, launching a direct political attack on the Trinamul Congress and vowing to leave Mamata Banerjee empty-handed.

"Thirty out of thirty seats must be won. We must send Mamata Banerjee back empty-handed, with a begging bowl," Adhikari said on Monday while laying the foundation stone for the BJP's Tamluk organisational district office in East Midnapore.

The chief minister also accused the previous government of deliberately withholding approvals for BJP district offices, claiming that the change of government had enabled administrative departments to function impartially and clear the necessar...