Union Home Minister Amit Shah To Address 'Booth Maha Sammelan' In Rajasthan Today

Union Minister Amit Shah on Saturday will speak at a 'Booth Maha Sammelan' in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district. At 2.30 pm, Shah will address the booth presidents on the Bharatpur College grounds.

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah will address a 'Booth Maha Sammelan' in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district on Saturday (April 15). Shah is scheduled to address the booth presidents at Bharatpur College ground at 2.30 pm, news agency PTI reported citing party sources. 

Among the leaders who visited the programme site and reviewed preparations for the meeting were BJP state president CP Joshi, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rajendra Rathore, state general secretary Bhajan Lal, division incharge Mukesh Dadhich, and district president Rishi Bansal.

Earlier on Friday, Amit Shah set a target for the BJP to win 35 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in next year's election, claiming that if the goal is met, the Mamata Banerjee government in the state will not survive beyond 2025. Asserting that Narendra Modi will be the country's prime minister again in 2024, Shah stated that leaders such as Mamata Banerjee will never be able to respond appropriately to Pakistan or combat militancy in Kashmir.

The TMC reacted angrily to Shah's remarks, questioning how a union minister could "openly threaten to topple an elected government."

While the party's virtual number two, Abhishek Banerjee, whom Shah had targeted in his speech, responded with a tweet saying he would quit politics if the home minister did not release the "Rs 1.15 lakh crore rightfully due to my state." "Let me be clear: Narendra Modi will be the country's Prime Minister again in 2024." The people of Bengal entrusted us with great responsibility when they elected us to 77 seats in the last assembly elections.

"Give us more than 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal, and I can assure you that the corrupt TMC government will not survive beyond 2025," Amit Shah said during a rally in Birbhum's Suri area under a smouldering sun.

The Mamata Banerjee government is set to end its third term in 2026, and her party's leaders saw the 2025 ouster threat made in a speech ahead of Bengal's panchayat elections as an "unconstitutional" threat. However, unlike in previous years, Banerjee refrained from making any comments.

The BJP won 18 of West Bengal's 42 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections, and observers say doubling that number would be a massive organisational challenge.