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TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari *PMTYM website*

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Updated: 13 Sep 2022 6:10 pm

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BJP supporters from across West Bengal started arriving in Kolkata and neighbouring Howrah on Tuesday morning to take part in the saffron party's 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to secretariat) to protest against alleged corrupt practices of the TMC government.

(With PTI inputs)