Grand Repudiator bites the dust
Among all the Assembly elections held in 2026, it was the results from Bengal that generated the greatest national curiosity.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will begin a series of visits to four poll-bound states from Sunday to outline the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strategy for the Assembly elections scheduled next year in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
The outreach comes in the wake of the NDA’s recent victory in the Bihar Assembly elections. “After the Bihar Assembly election victory, Home Minister Shah has outlined a major strategy for the Assembly elections next year in four states – Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu,” said a party leader.
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Detailed tour schedule
As per the BJP’s organisational unit functionary, Shah will tour Assam on 28 and 29 December, followed by West Bengal on 30and 31 December. He is scheduled to visit Tamil Nadu in the first week of January and Kerala in the second week of January.
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Shah plans to spend at least two days every month in each of these states until the elections are held. Three of the four states are currently governed by non-NDA parties.
Focus on booth-level strength
During his visits, the Home Minister will particularly focus on boosting Panna Pramukhs and overseeing the implementation of the ‘Mera Booth Sabse Majboot’ campaign. Organisational meetings and interactions with party workers are also in the schedule.
Sources within the BJP told IANS that Shah is aiming to replicate the NDA’s strong performance in Bihar, despite what they described as a misinformation campaign by the Mahagathbandhan over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The upcoming visits will also involve assessing ground-level sentiment, identifying key local issues and preparing counter-narratives to opposition attacks, a party leader said.
The BJP is simultaneously working on a plan to counter what it calls “politics of falsehood” by rival parties on issues such as the rural job scheme, VB G RAM G, SIR, employment rates and other socio-economic concerns, another party leader added.
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