Amit Shah spoke for 18 minutes, accusing Mamata Banerjee of running a “Hitler-like regime” and mentioning the political unrest that occurred during Ram Navami celebrations earlier this month.With one year until the 2024 general elections, union home minister Amit Shah launched the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign in the crucial battleground state of West Bengal. He told a rally in Birbhum’s Siuri town that if voters could ensure they won 35 of the 42 seats up for grabs, it would cause the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC to lose power in the state.The BJP increased from winning one seat in 2014 to winning 18 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, its highest-ever total.
Shah remarked, “Complete that starting in 2024.” He was alluding to the BJP’s performance in the 2021 assembly elections, where it won 77 seats and established itself as the main opposition in West Bengal. Make Narendra Modi the prime minister once more by awarding the BJP more than 35 seats. The only way to put an end to Mamata Banerjee and her nephew’s rule of lawlessness is to install a BJP administration.In an 18-minute address, Shah referred to the political violence that occurred during Ram Navami celebrations earlier this month as evidence that chief minister Banerjee had a “Hitler-like regime” and ran it.