Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson, will hold a press conference in Kolkata on Monday, which is her first press meet since election strategist Prashant Kishor came to the aid of her party.
Mr Kishor, sources say, is skipping the press meet as his presence may deflect media's attention from a high power campaign that Ms Banerjee is expected to launch today.
Ever since Mr Kishor was brought to Mamata Banerjee's office by her nephew and party lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee on June 6, there has been a lot of curiosity about the deal between Mr Kishor's company IPAQ and Trinamool.