West Bengal: Rath Yatra will be carried out across the state before assembly elections

 Before the assembly elections in the state, BJP will take out five rath yatras, which will pass through all 294 assembly constituencies. Starting from February, these visits will be led by senior party national leaders.

 

 Kolkata: The BJP, which has started an aggressive election campaign in West Bengal, is preparing to take out the Rath Yatra to give the message of state change before the elections. According to the report of the Indian Express, the party will take out five rath yatras that will cover all 294 assembly constituencies and will start from February. The decision was taken at a meeting held in New Delhi on Friday in which Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda discussed the party's campaign strategy with leaders in charge of West Bengal including general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, joint general secretary Shiv Prakash and the party. The state president Dilip Ghosh. A party source said, "The party is taking out five rath yatras which will pass through all 294 constituencies of West Bengal in February. Senior national level leaders of the party will lead it. It will be designed in such a way that a leader who starts a journey on a Monday will be there for the whole week. Work on route details etc. will be done soon .

 

 
According to the source, the main theme of the party will be change. Desperate to change the political map of West Bengal, the BJP will focus on weakening the ruling Trinamool Congress. She is already engaged in breaking her important leaders in various areas of the state. Many senior leaders like Shubhendu Adhikari, who was a minister in the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee government, have already joined the BJP. BJP leaders say that many more leaders are expected to come towards them. A senior party leader said, 'Mamta ji is now busy putting her party together but more people will join BJP. However, the central leadership has warned that proper background checks should be done and the impact of a leader's entry should be assessed before joining the BJP. ' It was also decided in the meeting that both Shah and Nadda would visit the state at least twice a month for public rallies and meetings with cadres. Shah is expected to participate in programs in the state on 30 and 31 January. BJP leaders said that elections are expected in March-April. Party leaders said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the rallies only after the announcement of dates.

 

(With input from news agency language)  

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