Shah kicks off Poribortan Yatra in West Bengal
Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah on Monday gave a clarion call to “bring a BJP Government” in West Bengal, kicking off the BJP’s Poribortan Yatra in the poll bound State.
Launching the rally from Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas, Shah said, “Within 45 days we will implement the Seventh Pay Commission for State Government employees, fill vacant posts without bribery, ensure security for women, and jail those who killed BJP workers.”
It was the home minister’s first visit to the State since the publication of electoral list after Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls on Saturday. Shah slammed the TMC Government over what he described as years of unchecked infiltration under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s watch, signalling that border security and citizenship will anchor the BJP’s final electoral push.
Sharpening the saffron party’s infiltration pitch he said, “Right now, only names are being deleted from voter rolls, and Mamata Didi is nervous. Once BJP forms the Government, we will identify and remove every infiltrator from Bengal.”
His remarks came days after the Election Commission of India’s post-SIR rolls recorded 63.66 lakh deletions, 8.3 per cent of the electorate, reducing the voter base to just over 7.04 crore ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls.
More than 60.06 lakh electors have also been placed in the “under adjudication” category, subject to scrutiny in the coming weeks, marking the most sweeping electoral reset in the State since 2002.
Besides infiltration, Shah widened the attack surface to corruption, fiscal stress and alleged dynastic ambitions within the ruling party. Listing alleged scams — teacher recruitment, municipal appointments, cattle smuggling, PDS ration distribution, MGNREGA and PM Awas — he accused the TMC of institutionalising graft and alleged that several of its leaders had landed in jail.
“And the DGP who provided protection to all these scams is being sent to the Rajya Sabha by Mamata Banerjee,” he said, criticising the TMC’s decision to nominate former DGP Rajeev Kumar to the Upper House of the Parliament.
