Have to ensure BJP wins more than 35 seats from Bengal: Amit Shah to party unit

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday assessed the readiness of the partys Bengal unit for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and urged the state leadership to strive for victory in 35 parliamentary seats in the eastern state according to BJP leadersShah and Naddas visit to the city focused on evaluating the organisational landscape in West Bengal ahead of the 2024 general elections The leaders conducted a series of meetings with no public eventsIn the evening both participated in a closeddoor programme at the National Library and addressed the partys social media activists before departing for New Delhi according to state BJP leadersDuring the meeting both Shah and Nadda took stock of organisational preparedness emphasising outreach to the masses with the developmental work accomplished by the Modi government in the last decadeThe leaders stressed the partys need to secure more than 35 Lok Sabha seats from the state according to a senior state BJP leader present at the meetingAt the internal party meeting both Amit Shah Ji and Nadda Ji took stock of our organisational preparedness and asked us to reach out to the masses with the developmental work the Modi government has done in the last 10 years the BJP leader saidAn election management committee is likely to be formed soon comprising both old guards and new entrants including central observers according to state BJP sourcesAnother senior state BJP leader said There has been no announcement as of now But an election management committee will be formed which will look into the winnability of seats our strengths and weaknesses in each seatAt the National Library Shah expressed confidence that the party will secure more than 35 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state In the 2019 polls the saffron camp had secured 18 seatsThe Bengal BJP media cell shared a list of pointers of Shahs speech at the closed door programmeShah addressing the Bengal BJPs social media cell said In 2024 the BJP will win more than 35 seats in West Bengal The BJP will contest the election hinging on its social media strength because the regional media does not carry the message of the saffron party fearing the TMC as quoted by the state BJPLashing out at the TMC government over corruption allegations and lack of employment Shah commended the sacrifices made by BJP workers referring to postpoll violence in the state in 2021He emphasised the partys remarkable growth in the state from having no MLA to securing 77 seats in the assembly and 18 Lok Sabha membersReferring to the expulsion of Mahua Moitra in the cash for query case and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking VicePresident Jagdeep Dhankhar Shah questioned Does it befit an MPDuring the programme he questioned Didis Mamata Banerjees MP shares her password with businessmen in exchange for gifts and now she is attempting to protect that MP How many inquiries were made about the poor in Bengal They will never do that because the poor cannot provide them with expensive giftsAdditionally her MP mimics the vicepresidentShah also refuted TMCs claims of withholding funds providing comparative figures of funds released during the UPA and NDA governmentsTMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh downplayed the visit saying The visit wont have any impact They will come and go but the people of Bengal will have faith inTMC and Mamata Banerjee only We have seen this during the 2021 assembly polls too and the results tooThe visit by these top BJP leaders occurs at a crucial juncture as the party strives to strengthen its organisational machinery in preparation for the Lok Sabha pollsInternal discord and defections have plagued the BJP since the announcement of the 2021 assembly election results with former Union Minister Babul Supriyo party MP Arjun Singh and six legislators including national vicepresident Mukul Roy defecting to the TMC since the 2021 assembly pollsIn the 2021 elections the TMC secured a resounding victory for the third consecutive term winning 215 assembly seats while the BJP secured 77This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever