Amit Shah visits Visva-Bharati, pays tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

SHANTINIKETAN: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited Visva-Bharati and paid homage to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra Bhavan on the University campus.

Shah is scheduled to visit the Upasana Griha (prayer house) and Sangeet Bhavan, where students of the University would render Rabindra Sangeet in a cultural programme, sources said.

Shah, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, paid floral tributes to Gurudev Tagore at Rabindra Bhavan on the university campus, they said.


Amid tight security, the home minister arrived for more than an hour-and-a-half-long visit to the central university.

He is also scheduled to hold a meeting with vice- chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty and members of the faculty.