Ahead of polls, PM Modi to visit Bengal on Feb 7

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to West Bengal to launch a number of authorities tasks within the coming week within the poll-bound state.

PM Modi's go to to West Bengal comes because the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) eyes a victory within the elections scheduled to be held in April-Might within the japanese state. In a bid to seize Bengal, the get together has already rushed a battery of its prime leaders and ministers to handle campaigns and rallies with the polls in sight.

"PM Modi will visit West Bengal on February 7. He will be here to dedicate three projects and lay the foundation stone for one project at the invitation of GoI's petroleum department and the road transport department,” Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, according to news agency ANI.

This is PM Modi's second visit to the state in a fortnight after January 23 when he participated in the 'Parakram Diwas' celebrations commemorating the 125th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Earlier in the day, Union home minister Amit Shah attacking chief minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief has done injustice to people of the state and has taken West Bengal backwards in every field. Shah made the statement while addressing a rally in Howrah virtually from New Delhi.

While Shah addressed the crowd virtually from Delhi, Union minister Smriti Irani in Howrah said that no patriot can stay in a TMC that "insults the slogan" of 'Jai Shri Ram'.

"Individuals won't assist a political get together which makes them struggle amongst themselves and hates the Central authorities for its personal revenue. No patriot can keep for even a single minute in a celebration that insults the slogan of 'Jai Shri Ram'," stated Smriti Irani.

In a serious setback to TMC, six former members of the get together — Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya, Prabir Ghoshal, Rathin Chakraborti, and Rudranil Ghosh joined BJP after assembly Amit Shah.

The BJP has set a goal of successful over 200 of the state’s 294 seats. Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who was roped in by Banerjee in 2019 after the BJP received 18 of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, has stated he'll depart his occupation if the get together will get over 99 seats.

Whereas the dates and schedule for the meeting elections haven't been introduced but, the Election Fee of India is prone to announce the schedule in February.