Overview
- Amit Shah is scheduled for a brief, devotional visit to ISKCON Mayapur on Feb. 18, with no political events on his itinerary, according to BJP sources and organisers.
- Security has been tightened in Nadia district, with police and administrative inspections ahead of the home minister’s two-hour temple programme.
- BJP leaders say a mega rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground is being planned for mid-March, with March 15 under consideration and Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to address it, though the date is not yet confirmed.
- The party plans to launch rath yatras from multiple South Bengal organisational zones immediately after Holi to converge at the Kolkata rally for mass mobilisation.
- The state unit is finalising candidate recommendations for all 294 seats using dual shortlists and is drafting a manifesto based on public feedback and constituency-wise ‘chargesheets’.