Amit Shah will travel to West Bengal on November 5 and 6 to take stock of the organizational issues of the BJP (dossier)
Calcutta:
Union Home Secretary and BJP leader Amit Shah will pay a two-day visit to West Bengal from November 5 to take stock of party organizational issues ahead of the elections. 2021 assembly, party sources said Friday evening.
In a late-night development, BJP West Bengal general secretary Sayantan Basu said BJP national president JP Nadda’s scheduled visit from November 6 was canceled.
“JP Nadda Ji’s visit is canceled for the time being. It has been decided that Amit Shah ji will be in West Bengal for a two-day visit from November 5,” he said.
“He is likely to visit the organizational district of Medinipur on November 5 and the next day he will meet with party leaders in the state. The schedule has not yet been finalized,” Basu said Friday evening.
Amit Shah, who had played a crucial role in the growth of the BJP organization in the state, will look at various aspects of the organization and discuss the party’s strategy for the upcoming Assembly elections, Secretary General National BJP and responsible for Bengal. Said Kailash Vijayvargiya.
“They’ll be more or less indoor shows. Chances are he’s addressing a press conference in Kolkata,” he said.
During the visit, Amit Shah, along with senior party leaders such as Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vice President Mukul Roy and Party State Chairman Dilip Ghosh, will interact with the booth and district leaders sources told the Press Trust of India news agency.
Although Amit Shah addressed a virtual rally for West Bengal earlier this year, it will be his first visit to the state after the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Mr. Shah last visited West Bengal on March 1.
Amit Shah’s visit next week is of immense significance as West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar criticized the “deteriorating” public order situation in the state. The West Bengal BJP leaders demanded the imposition of president’s rule in the state, citing “the breach of the rule of law”.
Mr. Dhankhar had met Thursday Amit Shah in Delhi and discussed “the state of play and state affairs.”
Organizationally, Amit Shah’s visit comes just days after the party’s state unit witnessed a major organizational change, with outgoing Secretary General of State (organization) Subrata Chattopadhyay being dismissed from office. his duties and his deputy Amitava Chakraborty was elevated to the post by central management.
After having had a limited presence in this politically polarized state for decades, the BJP has become the main rival of the ruling Trinamool Congress, winning 18 of Lok Sabha’s 42 seats in West Bengal in the 2019 general election.
With the BJP’s growing strength in the state in recent years, where it has never been in power, party leaders have expressed confidence that it will end Chief Minister Mamata’s 10-year reign. Banerjee in the Assembly elections scheduled for April-May. year.
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