PM likely to address 20 rallies in poll-bound Bengal

New Delhi, March 2 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address around 20 election rallies in West Bengal where polling to 294 Assembly seats will be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J.P. Nadda are also likely to address around 50 rallies each in West Bengal.
A BJP source said that the Prime Minister will also address about six to seven rallies in Assam, which will go to the polls in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6.
Modi’s first rally in West Bengal will be held on March 7 at Kolkata’s Brigade parade ground, which will mark the culmination of the party’s ‘Poribortan Yatra’.
“Prime Minister Modi is the most popular leader of the country as well as the BJP. He will personally reach out to maximum number of voters across the state, appealing them to vote for the BJP for the development of West Bengal. Around 20 rallies of the Prime Minister will be held in West Bengal. If we get more time, a couple of more rallies will be planned,” said a senior party leader.
A BJP leader in West Bengal said that the party’s state unit will provide area specific inputs like issues pertaining to a particular area or region for the Prime Minister’s election speeches.