NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is all set to visit West Bengal on Friday, and Saturday (April 14-15)  as a part of the ongoing preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The union minister is slated to address a public rally in Birbhum and hold several meetings.

Shah will visit West Bengal at a time when the saffron party is looking to strengthen its organisational maehanism ahead of the panchayat election. However, the ruling Trinamool Congress declined to give much importance to the visit.

Shah's program in Bengal is part of the BJP's "Pravas" campaign to improve its organisation in the 144 Lok Sabha seats it lost in the 2019 general election by small margins. 

As per a BJP source, "Home Minister Amit Shah is all ser to visit West Bengal on April 14 and April 15. He will address a public rally in Birbhum, hold organisational meetings both on April 14. 

He will also visit Dakshineswar temple on the Bengali New Year, which is celebrated on April 15." "There will be organisational meetings to discuss the ongoing campaigning at the ground level for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Also, review the government policies reach to the beneficiaries," the source added.

After the 2021 assembly election, the BJP has been plagued by internal disputes and defections. Since the election, 6 legislators, including national vice-president Mukul Roy, and also party MP Arjun Singh and former union minister Babul Supriyo, have joined the Trinamool Congress.

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