This time, the rally will be held under the banner of Santras Birodhi Manch after the Trinamool announced that the event will be ‘apolitical’ one.

The Maoist-backed PCAPA had initially objected to the

Trinamool’s plan for holding the rally, but later made a U-turn saying that they will take part in the rally.

A ‘turning point’?
The Trinamool Congress feels that Monday’s rally by the party chief, Mamata Banerjee, will prove to be a “turning point’ just like Nandigram and Singur. Trinamool Congress leader and Union minister Sisir Adhikary, who is camping at Lalgarh for the rally, said: “A movement will be built up in Jungalmahal in the coming days for restoration of peace, democracy and development, which will be a turning point after Nandigram and Singur.” “The mass movements at Nandigram and Singur contributed to the defeat of the CPM in Bengal,” he added.

Political ‘secret’
The Maoist-affected Jungalmahal, spreading across three districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia, has predominantly been a CPM bastion. In 2006 Assembly elections, the CPM won a majority of the 18 Assembly seats from the area. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, despite increasing number of protests, the Trinamool failed to make any headway.