As part of his two-day trip to West Bengal, Union Interior Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday toured the Birbhum district town of Bolpur and attacked the TMC government.
“This roadshow shows the anger of the Bengal public towards Mamata didi,” Shah told the crowd.
“I have not seen a tour like this in my life. This tour shows the love and trust of the people of Bengal towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The people of Bengal want a change. Give Narendra Modi a chance. We will make ‘Sonar Bangla ‘in 5 years, “Shah said.
The people of West Bengal yearn for change as they want to get rid of the political violence, corruption, extortion and infiltration of Bangladesh, Shah said while attacking the government of Mamata Banerjee.
The city of Bolpur is associated with the Bengali literary and cultural icon Rabindranath Tagore.
Shah said the yearning was not about changing a political leader, but about “getting rid of corruption, political violence, extortion and infiltration of Bangladesh.”
Anger prevails in Bengal, the state has strayed from the path of development, he said.
Earlier on Sunday, Shah visited the residence of a ‘Baul’ singer to have a typical Bengali lunch.
Shah listened with great attention as Basudeb Das Baul and his family sang a popular folk song ‘Tomay Hrid Majhare Rakhbo’ (will keep you in the bottom of our hearts) with ‘ektara’ (one-stringed musical instrument) after the weight came. BJP heavy. at the Baul’s modest residence, ‘Manohardham Kutir’, in the Ratanpally area of Santiniketan in the Birbhum district.
Shah, accompanied by senior leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy, Dilip Ghosh, Rahul Sinha, Anupam Hazra, had lunch at Baul’s residence, sitting on the floor of the house.
Shah savored the delicacies: ‘palong saak’, ‘alu posto’, ‘started bhaja’, ‘nolen gurer payes’ and ‘nalen gurer rosogolla’, along with other BJP leaders.
Shah also offered puja at Shiva’s family temple.
Das said, “We are privileged that such an important person has visited our residence. We are very happy.”
Tight security arrangements were made and members of the media and other party leaders were kept out of the house, and Shah’s security personnel repeatedly searched the premises.
He also paid floral tributes to Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra Bhavan in Shantiniketan, Birbhum.
With PTI inputs
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