Leaders should stay rooted to establish good mass contacts: Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee said the district leaders should not come to Kolkata all the time, but instead stay rooted in their districts in order to establish good mass contacts. "Spend more time in local tea stalls to understand the people's pulse. Try to devise novel ways of mass contact," she said.

Banerjee has been devoting much more time to the party organisation since the Lok Sabha elections, where her party suffered serious setbacks. Its seat tally came down to 22 from 34, while the BJP came up with a stunning performance bagging 18 seats. The saffron outfit had won only two seats in 2014.