BJP chief Nitin Nabin holds strategy meetings in Bengal to step up poll preparations
Kolkata (PTI): BJP president Nitin Nabin held a series of organisational and strategic meetings in Kolkata to sharpen the party's preparations for the 2026 assembly elections.
Leaders of the BJP's state unit said that Nabin's two-day visit, beginning Tuesday, was not merely a routine organisational review but part of a broader effort by the party's central leadership to recast the BJP's election campaign strategy in the state.
Insiders described this as a new "Chakravyuh" -- a multi-layered electoral plan focusing on booth management, narrative building and micro-level mobilisation.
The BJP chief chaired several high-level meetings with senior leaders of the state unit on Tuesday to strengthen the party's digital outreach, social media strategy and ground-level organisational network.
He also held discussions with the party's narrative and communication teams to shape the campaign message ahead of the polls.
According to party leaders, Nabin held closed-door consultations with top state leaders and senior organisational office-bearers, signalling that the BJP leadership would leave no stone unturned in its attempt to wrest power in the state.
Political observers said the BJP chief's emphasis appeared to be on strengthening booth-level structures, sharpening micro-planning and foregrounding local issues in the party's campaign.
They said special attention was being given to regions where the party had earlier faced organisational weaknesses.
The visit is seen as part of a broader push by the BJP's central leadership to intensify the electoral activity in the state ahead of the assembly elections.
With the party stepping up organisational consultations and campaign planning, Nabin's Bengal tour is expected to add momentum to the BJP's election preparations and further heat up the political contest in the state.
Elections for the 294-member assembly in West Bengal will be held in two phases -- on April 23 and April 29. The results will be declared on May 4.
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Congress gets final eviction notices for Akbar Road, Raisina Road offices
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress party has received notices from the Estate department to vacate its 24, Akbar road office and 5, Raisina Road premises in Lutyens Delhi by March 28, according to sources.
The party faces eviction of its old party office, which it has held since 1978, as this is the final notice sent by the estate department.
The party continues to have its headquarters at its Akbar Road office, while the Indian Youth Congress functions from the Raisina Road premises.
The sources said that the notice was delivered a few days and has not even given a week's time to the grand old party.
Sources in the party said the Congress is yet to formulate its strategy on the issue and may even approach court in view of the sudden notice.
The Congress has already constructed its new party office at Indira Bhawan.
While the party did not say anything officially, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said the government should apply its rule uniformly to all and not single it out.
