Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal on October 27, during which he will launch the state leg of the BJP’s membership drive, party leaders said. Shah, who is also the Union Minister for Cooperation, will attend two government programs during his stay, they added.
“Amit Shah ji will arrive in Bengal on Saturday night. On Sunday, he will first attend two government events—one of the Union Home Ministry at the International Land Port ‘Petrapole’ and another program of the Union Ministry of Cooperation at Arambagh,” BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said.
After these events, he will attend the party’s membership drive program at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC). Additionally, Shah will hold closed-door organizational meetings with the state leadership, according to party sources.
Following the disappointing Lok Sabha results in Bengal, where the BJP secured only 12 out of 42 seats—six fewer than in 2019—Shah’s presence at the membership drive in Kolkata is expected to serve as a morale booster for party workers in the state. This will be the Home Minister’s first visit to West Bengal after the Lok Sabha polls in April-May and the RG Kar hospital incident, where a woman doctor was raped and murdered, triggering a nationwide uproar.
