Kolkata, New Delhi, INDIA. New York, USA.
Business To Business, Kolkata, 8th May, 2026: Amit Shah on Friday said infiltration and cattle smuggling would become “impossible” in West Bengal under the new Bharatiya Janata Party government, as he formally announced Suvendu Adhikari as the leader of the BJP legislature party and the party’s chief ministerial face.
Addressing BJP MLAs and senior leaders at the legislature party meeting in Kolkata, Shah described the party’s emphatic victory in the state as more than just an electoral achievement, portraying it as a major political and ideological shift linked to national security and democratic restoration.
“Friends, this victory is not merely about BJP's expansion or its ideology. Nor is it only about BJP-NDA forming a government in its 21st state. The biggest importance of this victory is that it plugs one of the biggest holes in India's national security. Now infiltration and cow smuggling will become impossible in West Bengal,” Shah said.
He also linked the BJP’s rise in Bengal to the ideological legacy of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, saying the development marked the culmination of a political journey that began in the early 1950s.