Nadda on two-day visit to Bengal, first since extension as BJP president
The Hindu
Over the next few months, Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah will address 12 rallies each, covering 24 Lok Sabha seats in the State that the party lost in the previous elections
J. P. Nadda will arrive in Kolkata on Wednesday night for a two-day visit to West Bengal, the first since his extension as the BJP president.
Mr. Nadda's term was extended till June next year during the party's national executive meeting on Tuesday.
During his visit, he will hold organisational and public meetings in Nadia district on Thursday.
He is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata at 10.40 pm.
"On Thursday, he will first visit the ISKCON temple at Mayapur in Nadia district and offer puja. He will then address a public meeting at Bethuadahari, after which he will hold an organisational meeting with leaders of Nadia North organisational district and assess the party's performance in the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat," BJP state general secretary Jagannath Chattopadhyay said.
He will leave the state on Thursday evening.
The BJP lost the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat to the Trinamool Congress in the 2019 elections.