In a unique initiative to connect with people, leaders of the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) women’s wing on Saturday used Kolkata’s most iconic mode of transport — trams. Leaders of the All India Trinamool Congress Mahila Committee, led by State Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, traversed from north and south, chugging in trams, meeting people, distributing sweets, and highlighting the West Bengal government’s welfare schemes aimed at women.
The women leaders took trams from Shyambazar to Esplanade, and from Esplanade to Gariahat, the two key routes left of the 150-year-old mode of transport.
“Through this outreach initiative, we aim to highlight how the Mamata Banerjee government has given importance to women’s empowerment in the State through various welfare schemes…Women in Bengal have always received economic, social, and political respect through the efforts of our CM. No other place in the country has 50% reservation for women at the panchayat level,” Ms. Bhattacharya, State president of the TMC, said.
