Amit Shah In Bengal HIGHLIGHTS: Shah Addresses Press Conference In Birbhum, Hits At Mamata-Led TMC Over Attack On Nadda's Convoy
Amit Shah West Bengal Rally Live: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Viswa Bharati University. He addressed the students and faculty of the university and expressed gratitude to 'Gurudev' Rabindranath Tagore for holding on to India's culture and democracy at Shanti Niketan . Shah will also hold a roadshow in Bolpur. On his Day 1 visit to Bengal, the HM got to parade 13 new faces who had joined his party, the most important of them being former West Bengal cabinet minister Suvendu Adhikari.
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Kolkata: Strengthening the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP)'s campaign ahead of 2021 Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata in the early hours of Saturday for his two-day visit to the state.
"Reached Kolkata! I bow to this revered land of greats like Gurudev Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar & Syama Prasad Mookerjee," Shah Tweeted.
The Union Home Minister is scheduled to address roadshows and attend public rallies in two western districts of Bengal - Midnapore, and Birbhum - during his two-day visit.
Speculations over dissident Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari joining the BJP during Shah's rally in Midnapore are rife.
Shah will arrive in the Midnapore district on Saturday and he is proposed to visit the Ramkrishna Mission and Siddheshwari Kali temple in the district. In the evening, he will address a political rally. In between, Shah will have lunch at a farmer's residence at Belijuri village in Midnapore.
After his day's programme, the Union minister will return to Kolkata and is likely to have a meeting with his party colleagues at a hotel in Kolkata's Rajarhat.
On Sunday, Shah will be in Bolpur in Birbhum district. He will visit the Visva Bharati University and is slated to have lunch at a Bengali folk singer's house.
A roadshow in Birbhum has also been scheduled for Sunday. The Union Home Minister is expected to interact with the locals and visit farmers' households in the district.
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