The proposed rally of Narendra Modi at the Brigade Parade Grounds here next month has been cancelled, the BJP said Monday, adding that the prime minister would initially attend three rallies in West Bengal starting next week.

West Bengal: BJP cancels PM Modi's Brigade rally in Kolkata

The stage is set for West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's mega Opposition rally against the Narendra Modi government. More than 20 national leaders, including former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha, Shatrughan Sinha and Arun Shourie; three present chief ministers Arvind Kejriwal, Chandrababu Naidu and HD Kumaraswamy; and former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Akhilesh Yadav and Gegong Apang will attend the meeting, TMC sources said.

Mamata Banerjee's mega rally at Kolkata's Brigade ground today, security beefed up

In 1992, Mamata Banerjee had held a meeting at the same venue - Brigade Parade Grounds -- and had used the term ‘death knell’ for the Left Front-led ruling party in Bengal.

Stage set for Mamata Bannerjee's grand show at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata

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West Bengal: BJP cancels PM Modi's Brigade rally in Kolkata

Mamata Banerjee's mega rally at Kolkata's Brigade ground today, security beefed up

Stage set for Mamata Bannerjee's grand show at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata