Union Home Minister Amit Shah will spend two days in each month in three poll-bound states—Bihar, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu—to coordinate the BJP’s campaign efforts, reports said on Sunday.
Stakes are high for the saffron party in these three states. In West Bengal, where assembly polls are expected in March–April 2026, the BJP is keen on wresting power from the Trinamool Congress. In the 2021 Assembly elections, the party won 77 of the 294 seats.
Bihar, where the BJP is in alliance with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) goes to polls later this year. There are rumours that the BJP wants to replace Nitish and install its own CM if it wins considerable seats. In Tamil Nadu, where BJP has four members in the current assembly, the party is in talks with the AIADMK for a pre-poll alliance.
According to reports, Shah will continue his monthly trip until the elections are over in these states. He will visit Bihar on April 30 and May 1 to review party’s poll preparedness. He will visit Chennai on April 10 and 11 and will tour West Bengal on April 14 and 15.
In Tamil Nadu, Shah will review the ongoing alliance talks with the AIADMK and will also meet leaders of the NDA allies.
Amit Shah is beginning his election mission soon after the conclusion of the budget session of parliament. It remains to be seen how the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill in parliament will reflect in the results of Bihar, a state with considerable Muslim population.
