Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda’s arrival in Kolkata was informed by a party leader. They arrived in the early hours, at around 12:45 am, on December 26. The two senior BJP leaders are set to assess the organisational preparedness in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls next year, he further said.
Shah and Nadda are scheduled to preside over a series of organisational meetings during the day. BJP MLA Manoj Tigga announced that the party’s preparations for the Parliamentary polls have commenced.
“Our central leaders, the prime minister, Union home minister along with the party president will continue to visit the state… their tours will increase in the near future,” Mr Tigga told reporters at the airport.
BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and MP Dilip Ghosh were among the few state leaders who made their way to the airport to receive Mr Shah and Mr Nadda.
The home minister and the BJP chief have a visit to Gurudwara Bara Sikh Sangat and the Kalighat temple scheduled on the morning of December 26, Mr Tigga said. They will also hold a series of meetings with state functionaries and frontal organisations to gauge the organisational strength ahead of the general elections, he said.
Into the evening, the two senior BJP leaders will be participating in a closed-door programme at the National Library before departing for New Delhi, Mr Tigga added.
