Siliguri, March 19 -- Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to begin her election campaign in North Bengal after the Eid festival, party sources said on Thursday.
Ahead of the tour, she has personally spoken to several party candidates and senior leaders to address grievances arising from ticket distribution for the Assembly elections scheduled on April 23.
According to party leaders, Banerjee spoke with Siliguri Mayor Goutam Deb, the party's candidate for the Siliguri Assembly seat, and later contacted four-time Rajganj MLA Khageshwar Roy late on Wednesday night in an effort to pacify him.
Roy had expressed strong dissatisfaction after the party nominated athlete Swapna Barman from Rajganj inst...