Union home minister Amit Shah during his two-day visit to West Bengal is set to flag off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s fifth and final rath yatra today.
This marks Shah’s second visit to the poll-bound state within a week.A senior BJP leader commented saying, “Shah is scheduled to flag off the fifth and final parivartan rath yatra today [Thursday] from Namkhana in South 24 Parganas district.
He will also visit the Kapil Muni Ashram on Sagar Island and Bharat Sevashram Sangha in Kolkata,” adding, “Shah also has a set of programmes to attend on Friday before he flies back to New Delhi.”READ MORE: TOP HEADLINES OF TODAYALSO, READ: ENGLISH NEWS HEADLINESThe union home minister will reportedly have lunch with a refugee family at Narayanpur village in South 24 Parganas and later attend a roadshow before coming back to Kolkata.
The rath yatra is set to kick off around 12:50 pm.Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee have also organised a workers’ meet at Pailan around the same time in the same district.
TMC plans to turn this into a mega event as TMC leader Shaukat Molla claimed, “There will be a huge turnout – of over one lakh people – in our event on Thursday.”ALSO, READ MORE: ENGLISH NEWS HEADLINES ON POLITICSREAD: TODAYS UPDATES NEWSBJP on the other hand has declared the final rath yatra to be a direct challenge to the chief minister and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee.
“The fifth rath yatra will pass through two prestigious constituencies, Diamond Harbour and South Kolkata.