Amit Shah Rally In Kolkata

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address a mega rally in Kolkata today and is likely to lay the groundwork for the BJP's upcoming campaign in West Bengal for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

A head-to-head political battle will play out on Thursday in Kolkata neighbouring South 24 Parganas district where Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are scheduled to address independent rallies separated by some distance.

Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata tonight on a two-day visit to take stock of the BJP's campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. His visit comes amid a rebellion within the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.

The students' wings of the CPI(M) and the Congress today "purified" Kolkata's Shahid Minar ground where Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally on Sunday.

The aftershocks of the Delhi violence -- said to be fueled by hate speeches -- still continuing, the hate-spewing "goli maaro" slogan was heard at a rally in the heart of Kolkata this evening. The rally was addressed by Union minister Amit Shah, who spoke in favour of the contentious citizenship law and accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "tr...

Union minister Amit Shah on Sunday tweaked the slogan of "parivartan" (change) used by Mamata Banerjee to topple the 35-year Left citadel in 2011. "Aar noy (no more) tolabaji, appeasement, infiltration, violence... this is the slogan that will change the government of Bengal," Mr Shah said at a rally in the heart of Kolkata on Sunday evening.

Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Kolkata. He also gave Durga Puja wishes to the people of West Bengal. "West Bengal had the biggest role in helping the BJP cross the 300-seat mark for the first time in national elections. I salute the people of Bengal for this," Amit Shah said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a seminar on the National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Kolkata today. This was the BJP chief's first visit to West Bengal since he assumed the office of the home minister earlier this year. The seminar comes at a time when there have been 11 deaths in the state allegedly due to pa...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission with hours to go for the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, asking it to ensure peaceful and impartial voting in the state without any "interference" from the BJP-led central government.

Election Commission observers had recommended that the campaign for the last round of voting in West Bengal for the ongoing national polls should end immediately following the violence in Kolkata during a rally by BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday but were overruled, sources have told NDTV. The Election Commission, in an official statement however, co...

In the massive political row over the vandalism of an Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in clashes at BJP president Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, the legendary 19th century reformer was seen in the campaign of a BJP candidate today. Or at least, an actor in costume, complete with a faux receding hairline, a dhoti, a brown shawl and a book in one han...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, engaged in a pitched battle with Mamata Banerjee over violence at Amit Shah's rally, taunted the Bengal Chief Minister today, saying he wanted to see if she would allow his rally.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar reported for duty at the Home Ministry in Delhi today after the Election Commission relieved him as the additional director general of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal. The poll commission's move to attach him with the Home Ministry came after violence during a rally by BJP chief Am...

A day after the Election Commission cut short campaigning in Bengal for the last round of the national election over violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, opposition parties closed ranks behind Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused the election body of submitting to the ruling party.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has claimed to have "irrefutable evidence" that BJP goons are responsible for yesterday's violence at Amit Shah's rally and the vandalism at Vidyasagar College in Kolkata.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address a mega rally in Kolkata today and is likely to lay the groundwork for the BJP's upcoming campaign in West Bengal for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

A head-to-head political battle will play out on Thursday in Kolkata neighbouring South 24 Parganas district where Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are scheduled to address independent rallies separated by some distance.

Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata tonight on a two-day visit to take stock of the BJP's campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. His visit comes amid a rebellion within the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.

The students' wings of the CPI(M) and the Congress today "purified" Kolkata's Shahid Minar ground where Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally on Sunday.

The aftershocks of the Delhi violence -- said to be fueled by hate speeches -- still continuing, the hate-spewing "goli maaro" slogan was heard at a rally in the heart of Kolkata this evening. The rally was addressed by Union minister Amit Shah, who spoke in favour of the contentious citizenship law and accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "tr...

Union minister Amit Shah on Sunday tweaked the slogan of "parivartan" (change) used by Mamata Banerjee to topple the 35-year Left citadel in 2011. "Aar noy (no more) tolabaji, appeasement, infiltration, violence... this is the slogan that will change the government of Bengal," Mr Shah said at a rally in the heart of Kolkata on Sunday evening.

Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Kolkata. He also gave Durga Puja wishes to the people of West Bengal. "West Bengal had the biggest role in helping the BJP cross the 300-seat mark for the first time in national elections. I salute the people of Bengal for this," Amit Shah said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a seminar on the National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Kolkata today. This was the BJP chief's first visit to West Bengal since he assumed the office of the home minister earlier this year. The seminar comes at a time when there have been 11 deaths in the state allegedly due to pa...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission with hours to go for the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, asking it to ensure peaceful and impartial voting in the state without any "interference" from the BJP-led central government.

Election Commission observers had recommended that the campaign for the last round of voting in West Bengal for the ongoing national polls should end immediately following the violence in Kolkata during a rally by BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday but were overruled, sources have told NDTV. The Election Commission, in an official statement however, co...

In the massive political row over the vandalism of an Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in clashes at BJP president Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, the legendary 19th century reformer was seen in the campaign of a BJP candidate today. Or at least, an actor in costume, complete with a faux receding hairline, a dhoti, a brown shawl and a book in one han...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, engaged in a pitched battle with Mamata Banerjee over violence at Amit Shah's rally, taunted the Bengal Chief Minister today, saying he wanted to see if she would allow his rally.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar reported for duty at the Home Ministry in Delhi today after the Election Commission relieved him as the additional director general of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal. The poll commission's move to attach him with the Home Ministry came after violence during a rally by BJP chief Am...

A day after the Election Commission cut short campaigning in Bengal for the last round of the national election over violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, opposition parties closed ranks behind Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused the election body of submitting to the ruling party.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has claimed to have "irrefutable evidence" that BJP goons are responsible for yesterday's violence at Amit Shah's rally and the vandalism at Vidyasagar College in Kolkata.