Saturday, May 7, 2022

shah: Amit Shah promises to visit West Bengal at regular intervals

To boost the morale of BJP workers in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised to visit the state at regular intervals till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Shah, who met MPs, MLAs and other senior leaders of the saffron party in a close meeting on Friday, assured senior party leaders that he would visit the state at regular intervals and that the party should fight the Trinamool Congress politically, A senior party leader told ET. Shah has also asked the BJP to be ready for the 2024 elections from now on.

Citing the example of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who fought the CPI(M) with perseverance and determination, and defeated the Left Front’s 34-year rule, Shah asked party workers whether Banerjee could defeat the ruling CPI(M), the BJP. Workers can also fight. Now as Chief Minister, Banerjee is following the same path of suppressing the opposition in an undemocratic manner like the CPM.

Sources told ET that Amit Shah, giving his own example, said that he faced atrocities while in the opposition and several cases were registered against him.

During the meeting, in a message to party leaders, Shah, who held the high-level meeting, clarified that implementing Article 355 is not an option for West Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress recently came to power with a massive mandate. , “BJP should fight Trinamool politically and win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. If you are in the opposition, you have to bear these things,” sources told ET.

Originally published at Pen 18

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