Will BJP s Parivartan Yatra change its electoral fortune in Bengal?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to consolidate its presence, activate its army of booth level workers, galvanise uncertain and nervous voters, has pulled out its oldest political exercise - the Rath Yatra , that will set off in five different directions across Bengal, starting February 6. Will it change BJP s electoral fortune?
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BJP workers gather during a public rally in West Bengal. (File photo: PTI)
To consolidate its presence, activate its army of booth level workers, galvanise uncertain and nervous voters, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pulled out its oldest political exercise - the Rath Yatra , that will set off in five different directions across West Bengal, starting February 6, flagged off by the party s president JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
KOLKATA: At a protest meet held in Esplanade on Monday, questions were raised about how a journalist close to the BJP-government at the Centre could share classified information involving national security and even flaunt how the martyrdom of jawans will be used for political gains.
Celebrities from all spheres of life, including Goutam Ghose, Subhaprasanna, Joy Goswami, Nirbed Roy, Pratul Mukhopadhyay, Raj Chakrabarty, Nusrat Jahan, Debleena Dutt Mukherjee, Saayoni Ghosh, Leena Gangopadhyay, Haranath Chakraborty, Tathagata Mukherjee, Sudeshna Roy, Kaushik Sen, Tanushree Chakraborty, Soumitra Ray, Sohini Sengupta, Paroma Banerjee, Lagnajita Chakraborty, Shankar Chakrabarty, Kanchan Mallick, Joyjeet Banerjee, Premendu Bikash Chaki, Suchismita Dasgupta, Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee and Riddhi Sen protested the rise of “fascist, power-hungry, misogynist forces in Bengal”.