“P Chidambaram should not come to Bengal only for the CII summit or for meeting Harsh Neotia. He should stay for a week and talk to the people of rural Bengal whom the CPM continues to terrorise. There is state-sponsored terror going on here and hundreds of our supporters and innocent people are being killed,” said Bandopadhyay.

The leader also stressed on holding on to the “winds of change in Bengal” which has catapulted Trinamool into being the second largest party in the ruling UPA.

“The Nandigram and Singur agitations have made the Trinamool Congress come a long way. This is the reason for the mass appeal. Now, we are the UPA’s second largest party. One should hold on to this wind of change in Bengal,” said Bandopadhyay.

Trinamool MLA and Leader of the Opposition Partho Chatterjee, meanwhile, met Governor Devananda Konwar today and reiterated the party’s demand to impose Article 356 in Bengal.

“We appealed to him to fulfill his duty as the constitutional head of state. Everyday, so many of our supporters and innocent people are being murdered by armed CPM cadres. The chief minister is behind all this. The state government is siding with the armed CPM cadres,” said Chatterjee.