Roadshow, lunch with folk singer, Visva Bharati visit: Check Amit Shah’s second day schedule in Wes
In a bid to strengthen Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Kolkata at around 1 am on Saturday for his two-day visit to the state. On Sunday, Shah commenced the second day of his two-day visit to West Bengal. Shah first visited Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, where he paid homage to Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore on the university campus.
Shah later held a roadshow in Bolpur town in Birbhum district. Huge cutouts of Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leaders Mukul Roy and others were put in Bolpur-Santiniketan Road where Shah participated in a roadshow.
The entire stretch from Daakbungalow More to Chowrasta in Bolpur-Santiniketan Road was decked in BJP party flags. A huge contingent of policemen along with central forces was deployed as part of security arrangements.
Amit Shah in West Bengal Live Updates:
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4:00 pm: I haven't seen a roadshow like this in my life. This roadshow shows love and trust of people of Bengal towards PM Narendra Modi. People of Bengal want change: Union Home Minister tells people in Bolpur
3:35 pm: Visuals from Amit Shah's roadshow in Bolpur.
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3:18 pm: Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Bolpur, Birbhum.
#WATCH | Union Home Minister & BJP leader Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Bolpur, Birbhum of West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/4jZgm0vdgE
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020
3:00 pm: My privilege to pay my tributes to Tagore at Vishwa Bharti: Amit Shah
Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose represented two streams of nationalism in pre-independence era of India. But both of them found their inspiration from Gurudev Tagore. It’s my privilege to pay my tributes to him at Vishwa Bharti.
— BJP (@BJP4India) December 20, 2020
- Shri @AmitShah #BengalWithBJP pic.twitter.com/0ERKlyHKIW
2:40 pm: Amit Shah is scheduled to hold a meeting with Viswab-Bharati University vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty and members of the faculty.
2:30 pm: Amit Shah & other party leaders including Mukul Roy & Dilip Ghosh having lunch at the residence of a Baul singer at Bolpur, Birbhum district.
West Bengal: Union Home Minister & BJP leader Amit Shah & other party leaders including Mukul Roy & Dilip Ghosh having lunch at the residence of a Baul singer at Bolpur, Birbhum district. pic.twitter.com/cYuEdDGmsV
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020
1:20 pm: Bengal BJP MP Locket Chatterjee on Twitter: Saffron wave in Bolpur
Saffron wave in Bolpur. #BengalWithBJP pic.twitter.com/Fugt0ACPNr
— Locket Chatterjee (@me_locket) December 20, 2020
12: 30 pm: Union Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah at a cultural programme at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, Birbhum. Shah is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, which will conclude today.
Union Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah at a cultural programme at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, Birbhum.
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020
Shah is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, which will conclude today. pic.twitter.com/nsgu8j5GWU
12:20 pm: Amit Shah paid floral tributes to Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra-Bhavana, Shantiniketan, Birbhum.
West Bengal: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah pays floral tributes to Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra-Bhavana, Shantiniketan, Birbhum. pic.twitter.com/1O7R7c0OQ9
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020
12:00 pm: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah reached Birbhum, West Bengal on Sunday. He is scheduled to visit Visva-Bharati University in the district later today.
Shah, who arrived in the state early on Saturday, visited the birthplace of Swami Vivekananda in north Kolkata. He paid tribute to Vivekananda, hailing him for taking Indian’s culture and ethos to the world. He also addressed a public rally at Midnapore College Ground in Paschim Medinipur, where 11 MLAs, a member of Parliament and a former MP joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
