Jangipur (West Bengal): From early morning till late evening, a good part under a blazing sun, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee exhibits the same indefatigable spirit while wooing the electorate in his West Bengal constituency as he does in multi-tasking as the government's chief diplomat and principal trouble-shooter.
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The senior Congress leader, who is seeking re-election, greets people with a traditional namaskar (folded hands) during his road shows criss-crossing the remote constituency in West Bengal's border district of Murshidabad while standing in an open jeep. Mukherjee, the number two in the Indian cabinet, is up against a relative political lightweight as he battles to retain Jangipur, 260 km from state capital Kolkata.
Text: IANS
Image: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens as Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in Calcutta. (Copyright AP. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)
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