West Bengal: Shah On Two-Day WB Visit

Mr Shah, who landed at Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri, spent the night at Border Security Force (North Bengal Frontier) headquarters in Kadamtala. On Saturday morning, he will attend a BSF event and inaugurate various border-related projects at Seema Chowki in Jumagachh where the 18th battalion of the BSF has been deployed for the vigil at the India-Bangladesh border.

In the afternoon, Mr Shah will chair a meeting of the North Bengal development department over two hours at Uttar Kanya, the state government's northern secretariat. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, North Bengal development department minister Nisith Pramanik will attend it along with their cabinet colleagues.

All eyes are however, set on whether the issue of a permanent political solution to the demand of Gorkhaland, which BJP had indicated among its Assembly Election manifesto promises to woo the Gorkhas, will feature in the discussion or not.

Mr Shah will later convene two more meetings at the same address on the implementation of the new criminal laws in the state and the birth and death registration process before flying in the evening to Kolkata for night stay at Soujanya Guest House in Alipore.

On Sunday morning, he will chair a meeting there to take stock of the law and order in Bengal before heading to the National Library to inaugurate a new museum. Before leaving the city, the Union Home Minister will lay the foundation stone for Amul Bengal Dairy's Curd Plant at an event in Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town.