Around 10,000 Congress supporters hit the streets of Raiganj town on Monday to rally against central and state government policies, a major political event that the party could host here in recent times.

Led by state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, participants walked 3km, sloganeering against the Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee governments. “The response shows people are fed up with central and state governments and want a change,” North Dinajpur district Congress chief Mohit Sengupta said.

Chowdhury said Trinamul ministers and leaders voice resentments against their party every day and Mamata “should assess herself and her party”. He alleged both the BJP and Trinamul had “sheltered” Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung.

North Dinajpur, the late Priya Ranjan Das Munshi’s turf, saw the Congress base shrink with the rise of Trinamul and BJP, but the rally showed the Congress had some support left, said an observer.