TMC to conduct survey in Tripura
Agartala, September 2
Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev on Thursday said her party would conduct a survey in Tripura and indicated that this would help the party to assess acceptability of local leaders.
The TMC which aims dislodge the ruling BJP-led alliance in the state in the next Assembly elections, has been sending its top leadership to the state to build an organisation in this Northeastern state.
Besides Dev, those who have been frequenting Agartala include All-India Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, both of whom have flown in several times.
Dev, who arrived in Silchar on Wednesday, said: “As directed by Mamata Banerjee, we will go in for a ground-level survey in order to strengthen the organisation. We want to bring in people who have acceptance at the grassroots level.” she said. — PTI
