Some politicians are expected to join the BJP mostly during the 2-day visit of Amit Shah in Bengal.
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- Several political leaders were expected to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a two-day tour to West Bengal by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
- At a rally previously this week, TMC leader Mamata Banerjee sent out a powerful message to rebels inside the party.
- He is planned to attend Bharat Sevashram Sangh in Kolkata on Sunday and also address a Dumurjala rally in Howrah.
Several political leaders were expected to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a two-day tour to West Bengal by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the run-up to the critical assembly polls.
Shah, who will arrive in Kolkata on Friday at about 11 pm, is expected to camp throughout the state during the weekend to support the campaign of the party.
Several political leaders may Join BJP:
“We are hearing that certain political leaders will join the BJP around January 30 and 31,” says Mukul Roy, the BJP’s national vice president.
Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, as well as minister Suvendu Adhikari, entered the BJP on December 19, the last moment Shah had arrived in Bengal.
At minimum two ministers in the government of Mamata Banerjee then ruled from their positions. While yet another MLA has been expelled by the party, the other has left after a show-because notice was given.
“Just several political leaders were supposed to join the BJP from January 31 at the Shah’s Dumurjala rally in Howrah,” stated Adhikari.
A strong message by Mamta Banerjee for the party rebels:
At a rally previously this week, TMC leader Mamata Banerjee sent out a powerful message to rebels inside the party as well as said that few leaders who have accumulated enormous wealth are now running to join the BJP to cover their money.
At just the earliest, those who have been waiting in line will leave. Otherwise, the train would miss you. Those who deserted were certain that they would not have been issued tickets by the TMC to contest the elections, Banerjee said in a recent rally.
Lunch at ISKCON for Union Home Minister:
The Union Home Minister is planned to hold lunch at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) headquarters of Mayapur from January 30 until attending a rally at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas, a region inhabited among the Dalit community of Matuas.
The Sunday schedule of Amit Shah:
He is planned to attend Bharat Sevashram Sangh in Kolkata on Sunday and also address a Dumurjala rally in Howrah. Shah, a 19th-century educator as well as a social reformer, is also scheduled to visit the residence of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
He is expected to have lunch with a family of Bagdi (Dalit), attend street shows in Uluberia, and give puja at a temple of Kali before departing on Sunday night for Delhi.
