PM will continue with his development pitch, inaugurating and laying the foundation of projects in Hooghly and Nadia districts; but all eyes are on the political message of his speeches
A day after the arrest of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Sheikh Shahjahan who has been accused of sexual harassment and land grabbing in Sandeshkali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on his first visit to West Bengal in three years.
This visit will kick off the BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign in the state, with the PM addressing two public meetings in two days after unveiling projects, in Arambagh in Hooghly district on Friday and in Krishnanagar in Nadia district on Saturday. The speeches the PM will give are expected to reiterate the target the BJP central leadership has set for the state and take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the TMC over the Sandeshkali incident. With many ruling TMC leaders embroiled in corruption cases such as the alleged cash-for-jobs scam, the alleged ration scam, and the alleged cattle smuggling scam, anti-corruption could be a major part of the PM’s message.