West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday held the second ‘Janata Darbar’, hearing public grievances and demands at the BJP’s state office in Salt Lake near here.
Hundreds of people, many of them job seekers, were seen queuing up at the party office since morning to interact with the Prime Minister.
These people were issued visit vouchers as they patiently waited for direct interaction with Adhikari, who had decided to convene regular ‘Janata Darbars’ (people’s courts) to hear citizens’ cases after taking oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 9.
Adhikari held the first ‘Janata Darbar’ on May 18 to listen to the demands and grievances of the people.
Many people, including students and locals, attended the interaction, spoke to the Prime Minister individually behind closed doors, and lodged complaints ranging from local civil issues to allegations of ‘syndicate raj’.
The outreach initiative was designed to signal a model of governance centered around direct citizen access – a form often associated with BJP-ruled states and which the party has sought to highlight as part of its “dual engine” rhetoric in Bengal.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is holding such interactions in his state, while former Bihar chief Nitish Kumar has also taken the initiative of people’s courts.
