West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee plans to visit Sandeshkhali on December 30 for a public distribution program amidst earlier protests over sexual harassment accusations against local TMC leaders.

Last notable instance of the CM promising a visit to Sandeshkhali was on May 21 during a poll campaign rally for Basirhat

Speaking to the media persons at the end of the last meeting of the Cabinet for the current calendar year at the State Secretariat Nabanna on Thursday noon, the Chief Minister told about her scheduled trip to Sandeshkhali.

Sandeshkhali witnessed tensions after an Enforcement Directorate team, which went to raid Shahjahan Sheikh’s house in connection with a money-laundering case, was attacked by a mob on January 5 this y

People had asked me before the elections whether I would visit Sandeshkhali or not. I had told them that I would be going later, the chief minister of West Bengal says