Bengal: Jaya Bachchan holds roadshow for TMC candidate Aroop Biswas in Kolkata

Bachchan, who is an MP of the Samajwadi Party (SP), campaigned for Biswas in a roadshow, that began at Kudgat area in south Kolkata.

With a mask on face and her party's skull cap, the Bollywood veteran stood in a jeep alongside Biswas and campaigned in lanes and by-lanes.

The roadshow, which had a considerable number of women dressed in sarees with TMC symbols printed on them, witnessed Bachchan waving her hand and exchanging glances with various households.

Biswas, a West Bengal Minister, is taking on Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Babul Supriyo in the seat, which falls in TMC stronghold south Kolkata.

Prior to the roadshow, Bachchan, who flew down to Kolkata last night, batted for Mamata, who has got the support of the SP in the ongoing polls.

"I have the utmost love and respect for Mamataji - a single woman fighting against all atrocities... a single woman fighting against everyone else. She has a broken leg, but nothing is going to stop her," the parliamentarian, who is a Bengali by birth, said in a press conference.

(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)