As West Bengal gears up for its high-stakes assembly polls, the BJP is unleashing a campaign juggernaut with more than 500 rallies planned for the first voting phase. This sweeping mobilization underscores the party’s ambition to unseat the ruling Trinamool Congress, deploying an arsenal of national heavyweights to connect with voters.
Leading the charge, PM Narendra Modi will headline 11 rallies, complemented by Amit Shah’s 30 appearances. JP Nadda steps in with 10, Rajnath Singh with 6, Nitin Gadkari with 2, and Yogi Adityanath with 11. Smriti Irani rounds out the central leadership with 13 events.
Regional leaders are equally active: Tripura’s Manik Saha (9 rallies), Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma (8), and Kangana Ranaut (7). The lineup features JP Nadda, Mohan Charan Majhi, Rekha Gupta, Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda, and Hema Malini, broadening the appeal across diverse voter bases.
State organizers have been relentless, with Sukanta Majumdar holding 24 rallies, and Mithun Chakraborty and Soumyendu Adhikari each delivering 23 in the initial phase.
From April 15, Poila Boishakh, the BJP will host daily press briefings, dissecting manifesto pledges one by one to build trust and clarity amid the electoral frenzy.
Modi’s Saturday rally in Katwa electrified supporters. He compared the swelling crowds to anything he’d seen in Gujarat, noting, ‘Your passion here outshines even my home turf. No midday rallies possible there like this. This wave foretells Bengal’s transformation post-May 4.’
Vowing accountability, Modi pledged a comprehensive white paper on TMC’s decade-and-a-half of governance scandals if BJP forms the government. Polls unfold on April 23 and 29, with May 4 counting day poised to reshape the state’s political landscape.
