While polls in 60 assembly constituencies have already been held in the first two phases, elections to the remaining 234 seats will be held in six more phases till April 29.
A senior TMC leader said that Bachchan would participate in at least four road shows on April 6 and 7 and may even share the stage with chief minister Mamata Banerjee in a public rally during her stay in the state till April 8.
The actor landed in at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata late on Sunday and was received by senior TMC leaders Derek O’Brien and Chandrima Bhattacharya.
Bachchan is likely to use her Bengal connection to bolster the TMC’s election campaign and the party’s main poll slogan ‘Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chay’ (Bengal wants its own daughter).
Prasanta Patnaik