We will form the govt in West Bengal: JP Nadda

14:15 January 09

We will form the govt in West Bengal and will help the farmers here: BJP President JP Nadda in Bardhaman

14:13 January 09

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda offers prayers at Radha Gobind Temple in Bardhaman.

13:03 January 09

Preparation of JP Nadda's meeting underway

BJP Chief JP Nadda reaches West Bengal's Bardhaman

BJP Chief JP Nadda reaches West Bengal's Burdwan. He will reach out to farmers in poll-bound West Bengal by addressing them and also kickstart his party's door-to-door rice collection, aimed at underlining its "commitment" to peasants' growth, progress and prosperity.

12:57 January 09

Preparation of JP Nadda's meeting underway

11:02 January 09

BJP all-India president JP Nadda will hold a meeting in Katwa (East Burdwan) on Saturday. He will have lunch at farmer Mathura Mandal's house in Musthuli village of Katwa this afternoon. Preparations have begun at the Mandal house to welcome the high-profile guest. Nadda will reach West Bengal's Bardhaman today. This will be Nadda's first visit to the state post-attack on his convoy last month.

07:47 January 09

BJP Chief JP Nadda reaches West Bengal

New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda will reach out to farmers in poll-bound West Bengal on Saturday by addressing them in Burdwan and also kickstart his party's door-to-door rice collection, aimed at underlining its "commitment" to peasants' growth, progress and prosperity.

Party chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said Nadda will spend most of the day with farmers of Jagdanandpur village during his day-long trip to the state.

The BJP chief will hold a roadshow from Burdwan Clock Tower to Lord Curzon Gate in Burdwan and address a press conference too.

His address at "Krishok Surokkha Gram Sabha" (Farmers security village meeting) in Jagadanandpur will mark the beginning of 40,000 such meetings to be held by the BJP across West Bengal before the assembly elections, Baluni said.

As part of its plan to collect a fistful of rice from farmers, the BJP plans to reach out to the homes of all the 73 lakh villagers across the state.

The saffron party has launched an aggressive campaign in the state in its bid to end Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 10-year-old reign in the state.

With Banerjee, also the head of the Trinamool Congress, backing the farmers who are protesting against the three agri laws, the BJP has gone all out to convince farmers about the "benefits" of these Acts and asserted that a large number of them support them.