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India News | Mamata to Hold Administrative Review Meetings in 2 Jangalmahal Districts on Oct 6, 7

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to hold administrative review meetings in Jhargram and Paschim Medinipur districts on October 6 and 7, an official said on Sunday.

India News | Mamata to Hold Administrative Review Meetings in 2 Jangalmahal Districts on Oct 6, 7

Kolkata, Oct 4 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to hold administrative review meetings in Jhargram and Paschim Medinipur districts on October 6 and 7, an official said on Sunday.

As per the schedule, she will review administrative work with officials and panchayat representatives in the two districts in the Jangalmahal region of south Bengal, he said.

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Her visit to the two districts assumes significance in the wake of the BJP making inroads into Jangalmahal, causing the drubbing of the Trinamool Congress in four Lok Sabha seats in the region during last year's elections.

Assembly elections in West Bengal are due in April-May next year.

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The chief minister had in September-end visited north Bengal and held administrative review meetings after a gap of nearly seven months.

Banerjee's administrative review meetings were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

She had held review meetings with officials of Malda district in March before the COVID-19 outbreak in the state.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)