Agartala, Feb. 23 -- Amid controversy over his lose comment quoting union home minister Amit Shah regarding the expansion plan of BJP in neighbouring Nepal and Sri Lanka, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb reached Kolkata last night for a daylong election campaign today in South 24 Pargana district of West Bengal.

He is scheduled to attend a roadshow covering four assembly constituencies - Habra, Barasat, Madhya gram and Amdanga followed by addressing two election rallies in the afternoon at Rathtola of Barasat and Dattapukur railway yard of Amdanga seeking vote for BJP candidates in upcoming assembly elections.

This is the first election rally of Deb in West Bengal assembly election after his predecessor veteran CPI-M leader Manik S...