New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda visited Siliguri in West Bengal on Monday and attend several events. He also offered prayers and sought blessings at Anandamoyee Kalibari Temple.
Addressing a meeting here, Nadda hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stating that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal has employed a "divide and rule policy" and only Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the ability to take everyone and grow together.
The assembly polls are scheduled in West Bengal in the first half of the next year and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making a determined bid to put an end to Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee's 10-year-old reign, following an impressive show in the state in last year's Lok Sabha polls.
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Earlier on Monday, BJP workers gathered in large numbers at Bagdogra airport to receive Nadda before his arrival in the state to attend party events and address the party workers on his one day-long visit here.
Nadda also paid floral tributes to the statue of Thakur Panchanan Barma at Noukaghat More near Siliguri.
Siliguri is in north Bengal, a region where the BJP had performed very well in the Lok Sabha polls and which has emerged as a stronghold of the saffron party.
(With inputs from agencies)
