West Bengal Assembly Elections | Amit Shah claims BJP will take a lead in Kolkata presidency area

“At the time of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, voters still had a bit of hesitancy on whether the BJP could defeat Trinamool candidates,” says the Union Home Minister.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on his , spoke to The Hindu on the Assembly polls in the State, framing rules for the CAA and vaccine shortage... When I spoke of the BJP getting more than 200 seats, it was including the seats of the “presidency”. I believe the 109 seats considered part of the presidency, the BJP will take a lead. At the time of the 2019 polls, voters still had a bit of hesitancy on whether the BJP could defeat TMC candidates or not. They wanted to vote for us, but no voter wants to waste his/her vote. Therefore the number of seats we got in 2019 has increased the confidence of voters on the party. Secondly, in our campaign since 2019, we have been successful in convincing the voter that we are not only standing for negative issues. We have been talking about development, of solutions to some of the long standing issues of the State, apart from the campaign that Mamata didi does minority appeasement, doesn’t pay attention to law and order, crimes against women are rising, there is no new industry being set up in the State etc. Our manifesto (sankalp patra) is very clear on our road map, and the people have been convinced by Prime Minister (Narendra) Modiji’s track record.