Bengali pride takes centre stage in Mamata's last rally for Lok Sabha polls

Mamata Bannerjee took potshots at Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath, but steers clear of getting on to the wrong side of the religious right in her Diamond Harbour rally

Papan Mondal, a fruit vendor, who came to do brisk buisness at the venue where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held her last rally before the Lok Sabha polls conclude, wants to see her as the next Prime Minister of India. 

The reason being his anger with demonetisation which not only hit his business, but also led to his son, employed with a local shopkeeper, losing his job. Later, his son found a contractual state government job without the provisions for pension or pay scale.

Although he isn’t sure how Banerjee can help spur economic development in the state