Bengal Politics
Eyes on assembly polls, BJP president JP Nadda on two-day West Bengal visit
Kolkata/IBNS: In a bid to mobilise the party workers ahead of the assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will be on a two-day visit to West Bengal from Wednesday.
On the first day, Nadda will inaugurate a number of BJP offices in Kolkata.
Nadda will participate at a mass outreach campaign, named Griha Samparka Abhijan, later in the day at Harish Mukherjee Road in south Kolkata, which is considered as the stronghold of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Nadda will offer prayers at a temple in Kalighat, which is situated near West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence.
The BJP chief is also scheduled to meet the representatives from the slum community at 5 pm.
Nadda's visit is taking place at a time the political field in the state is heated up by the rivalry between the Trinamool and its apparent main opposition BJP.
The BJP, which was hardly a player in West Bengal politics for years, registered its unprecedented success in the 2019 General Elections bagging 18 of 42 Lok Sabha seats.
Suffering the jolt, the Trinamool, which is already rattled by the infighting, is aiming to gain the lost ground under the leadership of Banerjee, who is seeking a straight third term.
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