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Amit Shah claims BJP is winning 63-68 seats in first 3 phases, Mamata alleges Shah trying to incite violence in Bengal
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JAGADDAL/MADHYAMGRAM: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday took part in two colourful roadshows in West Bengal s North 24 Parganas district, and claimed the BJP is winning 63-68 seats in the first three phases and will get over 200 seats after the final results are declared.
During roadshow in Madhyamagram in the evening, Amit Shah waved at the crowd from a stage atop a luxary bus which was decked up with flowers and the BJP s poll symbol, lotus.
Holding party flags and saffron and green balloons besides flashing torches on mobile phones thousands walked on the Jessore Road.
They chanted slogans such as Jai Shri Ram , Amit Shah Zindabad and Ei Trinamool Aar Noy (Don t want this Trinamool Congress government any more).
West Bengal elections 2021: Rajnath Singh to visit West Bengal today to hold road show
BJP leader Arjun Singh alleged that the BJP s Poriborton Yatra was cancelled after the city police denied permissions at the behest of CM Banerjee.
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Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 06:11 AM IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to visit Balurghat in West Bengal for a public meeting on Friday (February 26). Tomorrow, 26th February, I shall be in Balurghat, West Bengal for a public meeting. It will be followed by a Road Show, Rajnath Singh wrote in a tweet on February 25.
On Thursday (February 25) West Bengal BJP Vice President Arjun Singh alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party s (BJP) Poriborton Yatra was cancelled after the city police denied permission for holding the rally on the instructions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.