Amit Shah and J.P Nadda to flag off poll campaigns

They will address two public meetings each in four parliamentary constituencies, party sources said

Amit Shah: File picture 

Arkamoy Datta Majumdar   |   Calcutta   |   01.01.23 : Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J.P. Nadda will visit Bengal on two separate days in January to start the party’s campaign for the 2023 rural polls and 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

They will address two public meetings each in four parliamentary constituencies, party sources said.

“Amitji and Naddaji will address all parliamentary constituencies across India that are identified as weak for us. As a part of this, they will come to Bengal. Amitji is likely to come on January 17. He is tentatively scheduled to address rallies in Mathurapur and Arambagh,” said state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar.

Another source said Nadda was likely to come a few days before Shah.

Over the span of 2023, Shah and Nadda will visit 12 constituencies each to cover the 24 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bengal, which the BJP did not win in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

According to Majumdar, with the nearing of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also address rallies in constituencies that aren’t BJP strongholds.

The saffron camp has identified 144 “weak” Lok Sabha seats for the party across  India,  which include these 24 in Bengal.