Overview
- Amit Shah set the BJP’s Bengal narrative around infiltration and corruption, vowing a strong national grid to block border crossings and pledging to drive infiltrators out.
- He ordered MPs and MLAs to spend four days a week in their constituencies and hold at least five street-corner meetings daily, telling leaders to prove their worth for tickets.
- Shah moved to unify the state unit and restored former state chief Dilip Ghosh as a prominent campaign face, with party sources saying a four-leader core team will steer preparations.
- He forecast a two-thirds majority in 2026 and set a target of winning at least 20 of 28 assembly seats in the Kolkata Mahanagar area.
- The visit included coordination with RSS leaders, feedback sessions with 2024 Lok Sabha candidates, and a stop at the Thantania Kali Temple where Congress protesters were kept at a distance by police.