West Bengal Election Push intensified on Thursday as Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda arrived in Kolkata to review preparations for the 2026 Assembly polls. The BJP aims to challenge the Trinamool Congress government and is working aggressively to engineer a political shift in the state.
Senior party leaders welcomed Nadda at Kolkata airport. West Bengal BJP president Shamik Bhattacharya, Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, and other state leaders received him. During his two-day visit, Nadda will hold multiple organisational meetings to strengthen booth-level coordination and campaign planning.
The BJP has deployed “pravasi karyakartas” in the state. The party is using strategies similar to those applied earlier in Bihar. Nadda will address district presidents, department conveners, and migrant workers engaged in election work.
Later in the evening, Nadda will attend a “Doctors’ Meet” organised by the party in Kolkata’s Tangra area. On Friday, he will visit the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute. He will also inaugurate key facilities at AIIMS Kalyani in Nadia district.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah continues to lead the BJP’s election campaign. Shah has targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over corruption, governance failures, and illegal immigration. He has claimed the BJP will secure a two-thirds majority.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, the TMC won 213 seats. The BJP emerged as the main opposition with 77 seats.
