Amit Shah Targets Mamata Banerjee in Bengal Poll Push

Home Minister raises infiltration, corruption issues at BJP workers’ meet

January 31, 2026: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in West Bengal on Friday ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections and launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, calling for a change of government in the state. Addressing a BJP workers’ conference at the Anandpuri playground in Barrackpore, Shah said the Trinamool Congress government must be removed from power, accusing it of failing to secure the state’s borders and control illegal infiltration.

Raising concerns over what he described as a rising number of infiltrators, Shah alleged that the state government was not allowing barbed wire fencing and that the police were not taking effective action. He warned that the chief minister would face a major political setback and claimed the BJP would act firmly against infiltration if voted to power. Shah also targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over the Nazirabad fire incident, alleging corruption and demanding a thorough probe into the absence of firefighting systems and the funding behind the factory involved.

Claiming strong electoral momentum for the BJP, Shah said the party would secure more than 50 percent of the vote share and win the elections by a large margin. He accused the TMC of betraying its “Ma, Mati, Manush” slogan, alleging insecurity for women, land encroachment by intruders and the dominance of syndicates. Taking aim at Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, Shah asserted that opposition to SIR would not stop action against infiltrators and that the process would continue regardless.