Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to attend an administrative review meeting and a public distribution programme in Bankura next week amid speculation that she would now resume her district tours, which she had kept in abeyance because of Covid-19.

“The chief minister is scheduled to hold a review meeting in Bankura on November 24 and a public distribution programme the following day. This would be her first programme where she would address the public after the nationwide lockdown was announced in March,” said a source aware of the chief minister’s itinerary.

Senior Trinamul leaders, along with district police officers, visited a ground in Sunukpahari on Wednesday to finalise the venue of the distribution programme.

“We inspected the ground today. The chief minister would address the public on November 25 afternoon. This is a very important meeting for us,” said Shyamal Santra, a junior minister and Bankura Trinamul chief.

Mamata, sources said, is scheduled to visit Purulia, East Burdwan, West Burdwan and Birbhum by the third week of December. In all these districts, she would attend public distribution programmes, where several government facilities, including pattas, bicycles and caste certificates, are generally handed over to beneficiaries.

“The chief minister likes to talk to common people during such tours and gets to know about the ground reality,” said a senior official.