Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday while holding a roadshow in Bengal’s Kharagpur said the people of the state want change. The BJP leader expressed confidence that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win over 200 seats in the West Bengal Assembly polls 2021.
Continuing his outburst against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime, Shah said the BJP will form the next government in West Bengal under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
“I want to assure you that we will build ‘Sonar Bangla’ (golden Bengal),” Shah said in his brief four-minute speech at the end of a roadshow in Kharagpur town in West Midnapore district where the BJP has fielded Bengali actor Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay from the Kharagpur Sadar seat.
Shah addressed the crowd from the modified goods carrier that was used to carry BJP leaders during the roadshow.
“Please cast your vote for Chattopadhyay,” said Shah. When journalists asked him about the controversy over the ankle injury chief minister Mamata Banerjee suffered in Nandigram on Wednesday, Shah said, “I wish her a speedy recovery.”
The roadshow, which commenced at the local BJP office, ‘Premhari Bhavan’, and concluded at Malancha petrol pump in the town, covered a distance of nearly one kilometre.
Shah was accompanied by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and party state president Dilip Ghosh.
Thousands of supporters took part in the rally, which began after sundown, as residents stood on balconies and rooftops to witness the show. (PTI)
