It’s a yr after the West Bengal meeting ballot outcomes that union residence minister and senior BJP chief Amit Shah will likely be visiting the state for the primary time. The north Bengal area, the place the Bharatiya Janata Party had received seven of the eight Lok Sabha seats in 2019, will likely be in particular focus. After all, regardless of shedding final yr’s meeting elections, the BJP bagged 30 of the 54 seats right here.
The previous yr has not been one for the state BJP: many leaders who had converted from the Trinamool Congress have gone again, faction fights are on, and the TMC’s declare that its rival had misplaced floor in north Bengal turned evident throughout latest municipal polls that had been swept by the ruling celebration. In such a state of affairs, native leaders hope Shah will inject some power into the BJP cadres battered by incidents of violence allegedly orchestrated by folks with hyperlinks to Trinamool.
The union residence minister has a packed schedule for Thursday and Friday. He will go to the south Bengal border outpost of Hingalganj and north Bengal’s Teen Bigha hall. He may also take part in a cultural programme at Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial. He may also have separate conferences with celebration leaders in north Bengal and in addition within the state capital. A key occasion would be the political assembly that Shah will maintain on the Jalpaiguri Railway Maidan.
The metropolis of Siliguri in north Bengal is all decked up to welcome Shah. Here, he pays homage to Everest conqueror Tenzing Norgay and Rajbongshi chief Panchanan Thakur after which go to a political assembly. Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, who’s behind the organisation of this assembly, spoke completely to News18 in regards to the significance of Shah’s go to, the BJP’s state of affairs in Bengal, and the “large announcement” expected soon.
What’s the mood and arrangement for tomorrow’s meeting?
We are very happy. The way we will welcome him, everyone will see. He will definitely give us a boost. North Bengal people are always with Narendra Modiji and BJP. Moreover, law and order is not there around here. It has become a bomb-making factory. People know that Shahji has all the solutions. That’s why more than 50,000 people will come here to welcome him.
What are you expecting to hear from him?
Bengal is known for violence, and the amount of violence that has taken place is intolerable. The central government and Shah know everything about this place, and we expect he will give us some direction.
After 2021 you have lost all municipalities in north Bengal. Why?
The party which is in power gets the votes. We did perform well in 2019 and 2021. Also, we gave 30 MLAs from this region. People are intimidated and votes are influenced.
Why are people leaving the BJP?
There are leaders who feel they are bigger than the party; that is not right. We have to take lessons. I am working with honesty. The BJP is the biggest party, and some people may go, it hardly matters.
People from the BJP are demanding a separate state for this region? Is this right?
Justice has not been done with the people here. Mamata Banerjee has given 15 per cent of the land to industrialists. When an AIIMS was planned here, the state took it to south Bengal. North Bengal has always been denied all these facilities. No education, no health. I stand by what my people feel. The home minister knows about this and will make a decision.
What happens to the Darjeeling solution?
Whatever is written in our manifesto…A permanent solution will be implemented. Very soon a big announcement on Darjeeling, Terai, Dooars will take place. A solution on Darjeeling will come according to the Indian constitution.
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