Mamata to feature on TMC's July 21 rally posters
TMC has decided that the image of Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee will feature on all official posters for the July 21 Martyrs' Day rally.
The party's state leadership, during a meeting at the party's Bhabanipur office on Saturday said that they will design the poster for the July 21 rally and send it to every district committees.
It, further, directed that the party should follow the poster design across the state. The poster which has already been published in social media only features Mamata Banerjee's face.
Senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, 'The poster for July 21 rally contains only Mamata Banerjee's photo. Abhishek Banerjee himself said his photo should not be there as he was not part of the original movement in 1993,' adding, '…The tradition will continue this year also. '
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