Darjeeling: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a north Bengal tour. He will be arriving at the Bagdogra airport on Thursday night by a special aircraft from Delhi, sources in the administration said. After the landing of the aircraft at Alpha Zone of the Indian Air Force Cantonment (Bagdogra airport), the Union Minister will go to Mayfair Tea Resort by road at Shalbari near Siliguri for a night halt.
The next day i.e; on Friday morning, the Union Home Minister will again be leaving for the Bagdogra airport to take a helicopter to visit the neighbouring state of Bihar. Shah will address a public meeting on Friday at Yogabani Maidan in Bihar's Araria district.
However, this short visit of the Union Home Minister is considered politically significant in political circles. According to party sources, Shah is scheduled to hold a high-level meeting with BJP ministers, MPs and MLAs on Friday morning before leaving for Bihar.
Union Ministers Nisith Pramanik, John Barla, MP Raju Bista, Jayanta Roy, Rajya Sabha MP Anant Maharaj, MLAs Anandamoy Barman, Neeraj Jimba, Vishnuprasad Sharma, Manoj Tigga and others are likely to attend the meeting, sources in the party said.
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang is also expected to meet Amit Shah. Shah's brief visit to north Bengal has raised many eyebrows in the West Bengal political circles.
