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In pics: Mamata Banerjee addresses Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata; People, TMC supporters swamp streets

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 21 Jul 2018 08:46 PM (IST)

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Claiming that the TMC would win all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the next general elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a rally said the party would oust the BJP to save the country. She said the BJP's strength would drastically reduce in the next LS polls. (Facebook/All India Trinamool Congress)

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The rally also comes a day after the no-confidence motion against the Modi government was decisively defeated. (Facebook/All India Trinamool Congress)

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today gave a call to oust the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections and accused the saffron party of trying to create an atmosphere of "lynching, hatred and violence". (Facebook/All India Trinamool Congress)

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25th Years of 21 July TMC Martyrs' Day was observed at Esplanade on July 21, 2018. (Facebbok/All India Trinamool Congress)

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Supporters of the TMC attended a mass meeting addressed by West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on July 21, 2018. The event was held to commemorate the 13 activists killed by security forces on July 21, 1993 during a West Bengal Youth Congress rally. (Twitter/Mamata Banerjee)

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A cultural milieu at Dharmatala. People braved the rain to attend 21 July Shahid Dibas rally at Dharmatala. (Twitter/AITC)

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People who came to listen to Didi's speech on giant screens on the Martyrs' Day in Kolkata. (Twitter/AITC)

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As the Trinamool Congress is observing its annual Martyrs’ Day rally in West Bengal on Saturday, July 21, 2018, around 6,000 police forces were deployed across Kolkata and other places to prevent any untoward incident. (Twitter/AITC)

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Lakhs of people had converged at Dharmatala on the occasion of 25th Years of 21 July TMC Martyrs' Day. Record-breaking crowd! (Twitter/Mamata Banerjee)

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Supporters of the Indian Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) attended a mass meeting addressed by West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on July 21, 2018 on the occassion of the Martyrs' Day. (Twitter/AITC)

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TMC workers and people from across the state gathered in the metropolis since midnight to attend the public meeting to be held near Victoria House at Esplanade. It was raining heavily in Dharmatala. But people are still gathered in huge number to attend the rally. (Twitter/Mamata Banerjee)

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The TMC observes the Martyrs' Day every year on July 21 in its bid to pay homage to 13 Youth Congress workers, allegedly killed in police firing in 1993 during the Left Front regime in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee was a leader of the Youth Congress at that time.

Published at : 21 Jul 2018 08:41 PM (IST)