Watch: On scooter, Smriti Irani leads BJP rally for Bengal polls

Riding a scooter, Union minister Smriti Irani led a rally of the BJP on Friday as she campaigned for the upcoming West Bengal elections within the South 24 Parganas district.
Taking half within the BJP’s state-wide “Poriborton Yatra”, Irani together with BJP MP Roopa Ganguly and Agnimitra Paul started the marketing campaign in Gangajoara close to Garia on the get together’s ‘rath’ — a bus decked up with slogans and photographs of the leaders.
After masking a brief distance, the minister bought down from the ‘rath’ and took to a scooter, sporting a black helmet and a masks.

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“When we began the ‘rath yatra’ today, the administration deliberately tried to delay it. We will ride two-wheelers, walk on foot because West Bengal is on the march towards change,” Irani stated.
Enthused by the minister’s spontaneity, scores of BJP employees adopted Irani on two-wheelers, chanting “Jai Shri Ram” and “Khela Hobey”, which means ‘game on’ — a slogan first raised by the Trinamool Congress, which has now change into the catchphrase of this election season.

Irani, the minister of textile, led the rally on the scooter for a number of kilometres, usually stopping as fervent supporters gathered, choking the highway.

The minister interacted with the get together’s younger supporters in fluent Bengali, apart from reaching out to the individuals.
“I want to thank everybody. We are out today to take your blessings. You have already given an opportunity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and during the elections in West Bengal, bless the BJP and the ‘Lotus’,” she stated as a cordless mic was handed to her to talk.
The minister bought on to the rath once more a number of kilometres later until Bhojerhat, round 20 km away from the place she began the journey.

Irani’s bike rally comes a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to the streets, driving an e-scooter to protest in opposition to the steep worth rise of petrol and diesel.