Amit Shah will visit West Bengal every month until the assembly elections, the BJP had said.
Calcutta:
Amid great political drama and shifting loyalties in West Bengal, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah began his two-day visit to West Bengal today to push the BJP’s agenda of a 200-seat election victory. of the Assembly scheduled in four months.
The Interior Minister began his day by offering prayers to Swami Vivekananda, Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Sarada Devi at the Ramakrishna Ashram in Kolkata around 10:30 in the morning.
“Vivekananda Hee modernity and spirituality connected. He had said that if, for 50 years, everyone forgot their own gods and goddesses and prayed only to Bharat Mata, this nation would find out. Exactly 50 years after that, India won independence, “Shah said at the Ashram.
Arrived in town early in the morning around 1.30am.
Got to Kolkata!
I bow to this revered land of greats like Gurudev Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, and 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
During the course of the day, Shah is expected to welcome Suvendu Adhikari, the high-profile former Trinamool leader, to the BJP. Adhikari first resigned from Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet on November 27 and then from the party on December 16. His associates have promised a “political storm fiercer than Cyclone Amphan” to sweep Bengal today from Darjeeling to Digha.
The former Trinamool leader may also bring several other party leaders with him. Just yesterday, two MLA members resigned from Trinamool, although Jitendra Tiwari, who had resigned a day earlier, returned to her mother’s party.
Before the demonstration, scheduled for 2 pm, Mr. Shah will stop at Swami Vivekananda’s House around 10 am and then take a helicopter to the city of Medinipur, about 150 km from the city.
In Medinipur, you will decorate the statue of the freedom fighter Khudiram Bose, offer prayers in two temples and have lunch at a farmer’s house before arriving at the rally.
On Sunday he will visit Viswa Bharati University in Bolpur, where he will go on a tour.
Shah’s visit to West Bengal comes nine days after a convoy of BJP chief JP Nadda was attacked by alleged Trinamool workers, sparking a major dispute between the Center and the state.
Earlier, the BJP head of state, Dilip Ghosh, had said that Shah and Nadda would visit the state every month until the assembly elections, probably in April-May.
The BJP has been investing unprecedented amounts of time and resources in the state before the elections, seeking to replace the Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee from power.
Before Shah’s visit, the party had assigned parts of West Bengal to six Union ministers to prepare for the elections. These ministers have been tasked with taking over the campaign in various seats in Lok Sabha.
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