BJP Mobilizes High-Profile Campaigners for West Bengal Elections
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Kolkata, April 5 (NationPress) On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its roster of prominent campaigners for the West Bengal Assembly elections, prominently featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The official list includes BJP's national president Nitin Nabin, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, J.P. Nadda, and Dharmendra Pradhan, along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several other leading figures in the party.
Noteworthy campaigners also include Mithun Chakraborty, Leander Paes, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi, Tripura CM Manik Saha, and Union Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw. Other party figures featured are Smriti Irani, Hema Malini, Kangana Ranaut, Anurag Thakur, Annapurna Devi, Arjun Munda, Babulal Marandi, Samrat Choudhary, Manoj Tiwari, Bhupender Yadav, Sunil Bansal, Biplab Kumar Deb, Mangal Pandey, and Amit Malviya.
The list also features key regional leaders such as Samik Bhattacharya, Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh, Dr Sukanta Majumdar, Shantanu Thakur, Raju Bista, among others.
This announcement coincided with PM Modi's election rally in Cooch Behar district, marking his first campaign event in West Bengal since the announcement of polling dates on March 15.
During his address, Modi criticized the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, stating that the recent events in Kaliachak, where seven judicial officers were held hostage, have shocked the nation.
He emphasized that the law and order situation in West Bengal is so dire that even the Supreme Court has expressed concerns.
“Not a single constitutional body has escaped assault in West Bengal. I assure that post-elections, all wrongdoings will be addressed. The Trinamool Congress is offering refuge to illegal infiltrators, but the BJP is resolute in halting them,” PM Modi declared.