Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda to come to Bengal, hold crucial meetings on Lok Sabha polls

Kolkata: In run upto 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda will visit Kolkata together on Tuesday and hold organizational meetings to chalk out strategies for the party ahead of the coming elections. Shah has set a target of 35 seats from Bengal in the coming Lok Sabha polls.

Shah and Nadda, both will visit a Gurdwara Bara Sikh Sangat at Jorasanko and Kalighat temple and offer prayers on Tuesday morning before embarking on several organizational meetings throughout the day. Both the two will arrive in Kolkata on Monday night and leave on Tuesday evening, people in the know said.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will come to power in 2024 with a majority that it will set an unprecedented record. We will gift him with a significant number of seats from West Bengal as Shah has already said that the Prime Minister should be able to say proudly that Bengal had substantial contribution in his Lok Sabha 2024 victory. Both the central leaders will reach Kolkata tonight," BJP state President Sukanta Majumdar said today, adding, "A target of 35 seats have been set in Lok Sabha polls."


"Shah and Nadda will visit a gurudwara as tomorrow is "Veer Balak Diwas", the day Guru Govind Singh's sons have sacrificed themselves. The two central leaders will also visit Kalighat Temple and offer prayers to Goddess Kali. Following that, we have a few organizational meetings. There is a meeting with social media representatives also," Majumdar elaborated.

There are several sessions of meetings lined up tomorrow with party leadership at a city hotel and discussions will take place candidate selection for the Lok Sabha polls, with emphasis on women candidates following reservation for women in Parliament, people in the know told ET.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress will hold protest meetings from block level led by its youth wing leaders as Shah and Nadda visit the state.
AITC took to its X Handle and said, ".@BJP4India's routine influx of leaders into Bengal has commenced. @AmitShah's impending visit is nothing but a futile exercise in damage control after @DrSukantaBJP publicly insulted Swami Vivekananda. While the Home Minister is here to clean up the mess left by his party's State President, he better step up and offer an apology. Additionally, he must clarify whether his Party endorses such disdainful remarks towards Bengal's cultural icons. The people demand answers, not political theatrics!"