Kolkata:BJP National President JP Nadda on Saturday arrived in Kolkata for his two-day visit ahead and is set to launch Paribartan Yatra program in Nabadwip Naida district to mobilise public support ahead of the assembly elections.
This is the second visit of Nadda to the state after the attack on his convoy during his journey to Diamond Harbour from Kolkata on December 10. Earlier, he visited the state on January 9 to launch his party's door-to-door rice collection programme aimed at wooing farmers.
He was received at the airport by party national vice-president Mukul Roy and national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. According to sources in the saffron camp, Nadda is scheduled to kick off the 'Parivartan Yatra' on Saturday from Nabadwip in Nadia district, the birthplace of 15th century saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also likely to inaugurate two of the five proposed yatras later this month. Nadda will first visit Malda in the morning to take part in a roadshow and two other programmes in the district, the source said.