Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah made last-ditch efforts to secure votes in West Bengal ahead of the second and final phase of the state assembly election on Wednesday, April 29.
PM Modi made a spiritual pitch in an open letter to voters of West Bengal, invoking the Hindu goddess Kali and equating the Bengal election campaign with a pilgrimage.
Modi said that everyone in Bengal was impatient for development and positioned the BJP as the natural choice, urging voters to cast their votes and not worry about 'the goons'.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, meanwhile, issued a warning to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that central forces deployed in the state for assembly elections would remain there for at least 60 more days after the polls, even if the BJP comes to power.
