Amit Shah's scathing attack on CM Banerjee, says political violence at peak in West Bengal

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Bolpur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (December 20, 2020) during his visit to West Bengal launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government and said that they can never stop infiltration as they believe in the appeasement politics.

"The TMC can never stop infiltration as it believes in appeasement politics. Only BJP can stop it. Mamata Banerjee supports farmers protest but doesn't allow cultivators of Bengal to get the benefits of central schemes. Is this the way to honour the federal structure?" Shah said.

The senior BJP leader Amit Shah was in West Bengal on a two-day visit to take stock of his party's affairs ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections. 

Shah held a roadshow in Bolpur that started from the Hanuman Mandir on Stadium Road and continued till Bolpur Circle. He held the rally at Bolpur following a visit to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's Viswa Bharati University. He also paid floral tribute to Tagore at the Visva Bharati campus in Shantiniketan.

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20 December 2020

18:41 IST

Amit Shah: We haven't done anything in Bengal that is against the federal structure.

18:41 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah: Political violence is at its peak in Bengal. More than 300 BJP workers have been killed and there has been no progress in the investigation of the deaths. (ANI input)

18:40 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah: The way TMC workers attacked our national president during his Bengal tour, BJP condemns it and I condemn it too personally. BJP believes that in a democracy, everyone should have the right to voice their views. I want to tell all TMC leaders that they must not be under the wrong impression that the BJP will stop with such attacks. We will work to establish our base in West Bengal.

17:32 IST

Amit Shah: Bauls are the perfect reflection of our rich and versatile Bengali culture, best known for their songs and poems to God who dwells within. Thank you Basudeb Das ji for your incredible hospitality, I am truly mesmerised.

Bauls are the perfect reflection of our rich and versatile Bengali culture, best known for their songs and poems to God who dwells within.

Thank you Basudeb Das ji for your incredible hospitality, I am truly mesmerised. pic.twitter.com/ofc6gLZPgG

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 20, 2020

17:31 IST

Amit Shah: I thank people of West Bengal for such amazing affection in today’s roadshow. These pictures clearly reflect that the people of West Bengal have decided to wipe out the corrupt TMC government.

These pictures clearly reflect that the people of West Bengal have decided to wipe out the corrupt TMC government. #BengalWithBJP pic.twitter.com/tbwY4tDFLB

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 20, 2020

I thank people of West Bengal for such amazing affection in today’s roadshow. #BengalWithBJP pic.twitter.com/4jlc1MEy6N

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 20, 2020

16:21 IST

Amit Shah during Bolpur roadshow: West Bengal wants change, choose BJP for progress.

16:09 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Bolpur: I haven't seen a roadshow like this in my life. This roadshow shows love and trust of people of Bengal towards PM Narendra Modi. People of Bengal want change.

15:57 IST

West Bengal's Bolpur: A 'Baul' singer performed for Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

#WATCH | West Bengal: A 'Baul' singer performed for Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah in Bolpur, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/Xa8iz7unjN

— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020

15:50 IST

Amit Shah: West Bengal is yearning for change. Some glimpses from the ongoing roadshow in Bolpur.

West Bengal is yearning for change.

Some glimpses from the ongoing road show in Bolpur. pic.twitter.com/tCVZZRR7Wd

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 20, 2020

15:24 IST

Amit Shah: Paid tributes to one of India's greatest thinkers, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, at Rabindra Bhawan in Shantiniketan. Gurudev's contribution to India's freedom movement will forever be remembered and his thoughts will continue to inspire our generations to come.

Paid tributes to one of India's greatest thinkers, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, at Rabindra Bhawan in Shantiniketan. Gurudev's contribution to India's freedom movement will forever be remembered and his thoughts will continue to inspire our generations to come. pic.twitter.com/OG70LwfRwY

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 20, 2020

15:24 IST

Amit Shah: Visited the iconic Sangeet Bhawan of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan. The aura of Gurudev Tagore is still very much here. We are committed to fulfill Gurudev Tagore’s dream and restore the lost glory of Bengal.

Visited the iconic Sangeet Bhawan of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan.

The aura of Gurudev Tagore is still very much here. We are committed to fulfill Gurudev Tagore’s dream and restore the lost glory of Bengal. pic.twitter.com/bljZmklfuO

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 20, 2020

15:19 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Bolpur, Birbhum of West Bengal.

#WATCH | Union Home Minister & BJP leader Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Bolpur, Birbhum of West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/4jZgm0vdgE

— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020

14:50 IST

Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah and other party leaders including Mukul Roy and Dilip Ghosh having lunch at the residence of a Baul singer at Bolpur in Birbhum district.

West Bengal: Union Home Minister & BJP leader Amit Shah & other party leaders including Mukul Roy & Dilip Ghosh having lunch at the residence of a Baul singer at Bolpur, Birbhum district. pic.twitter.com/cYuEdDGmsV

— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020

12:20 IST

He is also expected to address a media briefing at Mohor Kutir in Birbhum, before he returns to the national capital on Sunday.

12:20 IST

Shah is also scheduled to visit Shyambati in Birbhum where he will share meal with the family of a Baul singer. Following the lunch, he will hold a roadshow in Bolpur from Hanuman Mandir on Stadium Road to Bolpur Circle. 

12:19 IST

Video: Amit Shah pays floral tributes to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra Bhawan, Shantiniketan.

Shri @AmitShah pays floral tributes to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra Bhawan, Shantiniketan. #BengalWithBJP https://t.co/3WDVChHvln

— BJP (@BJP4India) December 20, 2020

12:19 IST

He will hold a roadshow in Bolpur at 2 pm today. 

12:14 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays floral tribute to Rabindranath Tagore at Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan. Shah received a warm welcome on his arrival at Birbhum on Sunday afternoon. He will participate in a non-government event in Viswa Bharati University in Shantiniketan and will also visit a few places in the campus.

11:31 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to reach Birbhum shortly. 

11:31 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting the Visva Bharati University today where he will pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore.

11:26 IST

Besides the Trinamool lawmakers, two CPI(M) MLAs and one each of the CPI and the Congress joined the BJP camp on Saturday.

11:26 IST

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and spokesperson Saugata Roy described those who joined the BJP as 'traitors and weathercocks', saying that it is good that such elements are leaving the party.

11:25 IST

These leaders joined the BJP at a rally Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed in Midnapore, where he taunted TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she will be left alone in her party by the time the assembly elections, due in April-May next year, are held.

11:25 IST

On December 19, in the biggest exodus from Trinamool on a single day, party heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari and 34 other leaders, including five MLAs and an MP, switched over to the BJP, reflecting the unease in West Bengal's ruling party ahead of the assembly elections.