West Bengal Elections: PM Modi, Shah, Mamata hit campaign ground with multiple allies

Kolkata: On a mega campaign trail on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will address six campaign rallies, three each in West Bengal. On the other hand, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also address four campaign rallies during the day.

West Bengal will go to polls in two phases, with the first phase on April 19 and the second phase on April 23.

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Modi will address his first rally at Purbasthali (Dakshin) Assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district. The Prime Minister will be addressing his second rally at minority-dominated Murshidabad district’s Jangipur, followed by today’s third rally at the junction of North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur district.

While the first rally of the PM is at Purbasthali, Union Home Minister Shah will address a parallel public rally at Onda in Bankura district.

The Union Home Minister will also address two other campaign rallies, one at Chhatna in Bankura district and last one in Purulia district’s Baghmundi.

On the other hand, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address four campaign rallies at Kehisari in West Midnapore district, Gopiballavpur and Jhargram town in Jhargram district, and Barjora in Bankura district.

On Friday, the Union Home Minister had released the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra (Election Manifesto)’ for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal.

Union home minister Amit Shah yesterday unveiled the Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal manifesto, pitching a calibrated mix of cash-driven welfare measures, cultural identity assertion and a tough security stance.