Certain things are always clear. That's called Political Mission.
After having BJP or NDA governments in Bihar and Odisha. Amit Shah is certain about his party's agenda -- oust Mamata, have BJP Govt in Kolkata and
.... "save Bengal and India" from illegal immigrants.
"Mamata Banerjee is trying to present the case of infiltrators from Bangladesh as the case of Bengali speaking people... but none is buying these gimmicks and falsehood now".
"After many years, Anga, Banga and Kalinga, that is Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha, will have governments of the same party," said Shah in Kolkata.
The BJP did not issue any Chargesheet in 2021. Hence, that it was released in 2026 highlights the saffron outfit's single minded determination.
The TMC and Kolkata's fish-fry journalism were successful about one idea -- ever since SIR came into focus; they rather conspired to make West Bengal election a referendum on the same. In the process - other vital issues of Misgovernance of 15 years, the syndicate raj, Tollabaj, Corruption and 'unsafety' of women were almost set aside.
The fish-fry media enjoyed making 'aapa' happy.
Hence the Chargesheet has succeeded in its basic mission -- revive discussions about Mamata's gross failures in the last 15 years. A panic stricken TMC leadership fielded a vocal MP and who for everything wanted to pin the BJP's governance models citing Manipur. In 2023 and even the crucial poll year - 2024 - all that about Manipur made sense.
Today, it is amply clear how Christian lobbies with 'deep' connections and deep pockets played their nasty games and one American mercenary and six Ukrainian citizens are now in NIA custody. In other words - Mamata Banerjee would not find many good excuse to bring the spin.
In 2021 - there was a wheelchair; that might have helped. In 2026 - Amit Shah has made it clear -- by stating that: "At times, she (Mamata) gets her foot fractured, at other times, she has head bandaged". That also means voters of Bengal do know what kind of drama-queen the chief minister has been.
Then comes another vital aspect of BJP's campaign strategy in West Bengal. Shah has used his phrases carefully -
"Hum sab samuday ki logo ki chinta karenge (We will be always concerned about protecting the rights of people from all communities)," he said.
However, the Home Minister hastened to add ::: "vishesh kar Bahumat samaj ki (especially we will be concerned about Hindus, the majority people)".
"Kyon ki Trushti karan ke karan (Because of appeasement, there have been lot of injustice and discrimination against the majority community people".
Hence, the Lotus party is clear about one thing -- that is the majority community.
In fact, political polarisation based on religious divisions is something happening on ground. So the arguably the 'second tallest leader' of BJP is crystal clear about its core voters -- that's the Hindu population. This may be a risky idea/move but the BJP as such has no alternative other than to try to reach out to all sections of Hindus.
On ground, several analysts have found that even the TMC is banking on its core voters that is the Muslims. The fear of possible split in Muslim votes especially after three smaller Muslim-based parties including AIMIM trying to contest this year's polls has really made Mamata and her coterie go jittery.
BJP Bengal unit president Samik Bhattacharya has added insults to injuries. By his measured words, he says -- it is "jabar bela (Time to go season)" for the Trinanool Congress and hence they are often making unsubstantiated allegations against PM Narendra Modi and also against Shah.
The Home Minister defended transfer of IAS, IPS officers in West Bengal by EC, and maintained that many of them behaved like TMC cadres.
Addressing a press conference in Kolkata; Shah also claimed that the transfer of officers had led to fewer incidents of violence during Ram Navami celebrations this year.
"Across the country, the EC transfers officers ahead of polls. This is nothing new. But in West Bengal, most officers work for the government. That is why there have been more changes here," he said.
"Because officers were changed, there was less violence during Ram Navami this year. But we do not want any form of violence," he added.
The remarks come in the backdrop of violence in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district during Ram Navami celebrations on Friday. The Home Minister hit back at Mamata Banerjee over her criticism of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that West Bengal was the only state where the process had run into controversy.
He alleged that district magistrates in the State were not able to function without fear.
"Mamataji can level any allegation she wants. But we will remove infiltrators," he asserted.
** West Bengal had become India's "principal corridor" for infiltration.
Shah accused the ruling party of corruption, political violence, appeasement politics and administrative collapse vis-a-vis Ku-sushan (Mis Governance).
“I want to make it clear on behalf of the BJP that we are resolved to identify and expel every single infiltrator from the country, not merely from the voter lists but from across the entire nation, and this is my party's agenda,” Shah said.
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