Bengal elections: A day after Mamata, BJP leader Smriti Irani rides a scooter (PICs)

New Delhi: Out of all the Assembly elections in 5 states including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry, the TMC-ruled state is set to be hotly contested state.

Electioneering is already going on a high-pitch and now the theatrics have also taken over Bengal polls.

Yesterday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee rode pillion on a scooter in protest against fuel price hike.

Today, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani reached the poll-bound state to mobilise BJP workers and supporters for the face-off.

Smriti Irani on Friday took out a bike rally in West Bengal’s Sonarpur while campaigning for the upcoming assembly polls. Irani was seen riding the scooty seamlessly in a saree.

This came a day after West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee rode pillion an electric scooter to state secretariat Nabanna in protest against escalating fuel prices.

Mamata Banerjee was seen sitting behind Bengal minister Firhad Hakim, who rode the battery-powered electric scooter.