Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday attended Suvendu Adhikari’s nomination filing in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur, urging voters to bring ‘change’ in West Bengal. Shah said defeating Mamata Banerjee would ensure change, alleging rising violence and unemployment. He added BJP aims to build ‘Shonar Bangla’. Clashes between BJP and TMC supporters were reported at Hazra and Alipore.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday had visited Kolkata and was present during Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s filing of nomination from Bhabanipur constituency.
Addressing the gathering, Shah urged people to bring in a ‘change’ in West Bengal.
“I have a shortcut of how to bring the change in the state. Just make Suvendu Adhikari win from Bhabanipur and the change is bound to happen. Suvendu wanted to contest from only Nandigram but I told him to contest from Bhabanipur as well and to defeat Mamata Banerjee. People of the state are distressed by frequent bomb blasts, gunfire and unemployment in the state. From 2014 whichever states had BJP in power is getting developed,” said Shah.
TMC की हिंसा, लूट और तानाशाही से प्रदेश की जनता त्रस्त है। भवानीपुर वासियों का जोश और उत्साह बता रहा है कि बंगाल परिवर्तन के लिए तैयार है।#BhabanipurChayBJP pic.twitter.com/dd3Nv5M2uW
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 2, 2026
Accompanied Shri @SuvenduWB Ji during the filing of his nomination in Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency, West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/h1HoO8IUkq
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 2, 2026
The Union Home Minister also mentioned that after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in Bengal they will build ‘Shonar Bangla’ as envisioned by Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee.
