The Asian Age

Shah claims BJP will win Bengal

- SOUMITRA NANDI

Kolkata: Concluding his three-day Bengal tour on Thursday, BJP president Amit Shah once again reiterated that the BJP would form the government in Bengal next time. After that, “The state will turn into a happy state, like Gujarat..,” he said.

Concluding his three-day Bengal tour on Thursday, BJP president Amit Shah once again reiterated that next time the BJP will form government in Bengal. “I have been here for three days. On Tuesday, I had been to North Bengal. On Wednesday, I spent time at Bhowanipor­e and today I am here at Rajarhat. Poverty that I have witnessed in Bengal exists in no other place in the country. Another ‘paribartan’ in Bengal is inevitable. We will make Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal),” Mr Shah said, addressing party workers at Sukanta Nagar in Rajarhat.

The BJP chief once again hit out at the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal and alleged that the kind of atrocities the state government inflicted on its people has never been witnessed anywhere in the country after independen­ce.

“We will form government for the people in Bengal. It will be a government which will ensure that you do not have to move the court to hold immersion of Durga idols. Once a BJP government is formed, Bangladesh­i infiltrato­rs will be stopped at the border, youth will get employment and the cultural heritage of Bengal will be restored,” he said.

Mr Shah asserted that he is buoyed by the kind of response that he had received in Bengal during his three-day visit. “The atmosphere I have seen in last three days has made me confident that next time BJP will form a government here. I assure you that once a BJP government is formed in West Bengal the state will turn into a happy state like Gujarat, Maharashtr­a and Haryana,” he added.

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