Kolkata: In an exclusive chat with India News/The Sunday Guardian in Kolkata, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that he was confident that the Bharatiya Janata Party would win more than 110 out of the 152 seats that went to the polls on Thursday in the first phase of the ongoing Assembly elections in West Bengal. During one of the roadshows by the Home Minister, this reporter asked him for his assessment of the 93% voter turnout in the first phase, to which he replied that the BJP would not only win more than 110 seats but it would also form government in West Bengal with “prachand bahumat” (massive majority/a landslide).
When asked about the major changes that Bengal could expect after May 4, the day the results are announced and government is formed, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Certainly, there will be very big changes. The safety of women will be ensured. Industry will return. When industry comes, unemployment will go away. And most importantly, we will free Bengal of infiltrators.”
In the ongoing high voltage political contest, Bengal is going to the second and last phase of polling on Wednesday, April 29.
