Kolkata, Oct 3 (PTI) Barely a day after the Durga Puja festival concluded officially, West Bengal’s political stage was reset on Friday with both the ruling Trinamool Congress and its principal challenger BJP wasting no time in shifting gears for the assembly elections due next year.

While the BJP’s central leadership descended on Kolkata for a marathon stock-taking and strategy session, the TMC sought to turn the Durga Puja fervour into a calibrated mass outreach drive, with party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee personally leading the festive optics and announcing a statewide series of Vijaya Sammelanis (post-Puja gatherings) from Sunday.

The Durga Puja officially concluded on Thursday with Vijaya Dashami, but the immersion of idols will continue for a few more days. Show F

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