Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata after 1 am on Saturday.
New Delhi:
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to West Bengal to take stock of his party’s affairs in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections that are likely to be held in the next few months.
Mr Shah, who arrived late on Friday, has a series of events lined up for the day. He will also address a public rally at Midnapore on Saturday where a number of Trinamool Congress leaders are likely to join the BJP. Mr Shah’s trip to Bengal has been preceded by a series of resignations from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.
At least four rebels have quit the Trinamool over the last 24 hours and one of them, Suvendu Adhikari, is likely to join the BJP in the presence of Amit Shah.
The Union Home Minister, the party’s key strategist for Bengal, has set a target of 200 of the state’s 294 seats for the assembly polls.
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Home Minister Amit Shah’s trip to Bengal has been preceded by a series of resignations from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.
At least four rebels have quit the Trinamool over the last 24 hours and one of them, Suvendu Adhikari, is likely to join the BJP in the presence of Amit Shah.
In a tweet upon his arrival in Kolkata, he wrote, “I bow to this revered land of greats like Gurudev Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee.”
Reached Kolkata!
I bow to this revered land of greats like Gurudev Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar & Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
কলকাতায় পৌঁছালাম।
কবিগুরু রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর এবং শ্যামাপ্রসাদ মুখোপাধ্যায়ের মত মহামানবের এই পুণ্য ভূমিকে আমি শতকোটি প্রণাম জানাই pic.twitter.com/rEGSjc87Rk– Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 18, 2020
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to West Bengal to take stock of his party’s affairs in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections that are likely to be held in the next few months.
