Overview
- Concluding a three-day Kolkata review, Amit Shah fixed the poll narrative on alleged infiltration and corruption and opened coordination with the RSS.
- He directed MPs and MLAs to be on the ground four days each week and hold at least five street-corner meetings daily, linking ticket consideration to performance.
- A core leadership team was set around Samik Bhattacharya, Dilip Ghosh, Sukanta Majumdar and Suvendu Adhikari, as Ghosh met the state chief and said he is ready for responsibilities.
- Shah pressed for a breakthrough in the Kolkata belt, with reports setting targets of 20—or in some accounts 22—of the city’s 28 seats, a goal the TMC publicly scoffed at.
- Shah asked the party to scale up SIR camps and outreach to the Matua community during voter-roll revisions, and party leaders say J.P. Nadda is likely to visit Kolkata this month to review preparations.