Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday took up the matter of alleged harassment of nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation in Uttar Pradesh recently with Home Minister Amit Shah promising strong action.

Home Minister Amit Shah, who conducted a roadshow in Bengal's Medinipur on Tuesday, in an exclusive conversation with India TV said that there is a wave of change in Bengal adding with full confidence that his party will form the next government with a thumping majority.

Amit Shah said that if BJP forms the government in West Bengal after the Assembly polls, a committee will be set up to probe the siphoning off relief funds.

Amit Shah said that it was evident from the enthusiasm of the people that the BJP was going to form the government for a second consecutive term in Assam.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto for the forthcoming assembly election in West Bengal.

Veteran TMC MP Sisir Adhikari - father of BJP heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari - joined the BJP in Egra on Sunday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party.

Confirming the invitation from BJP top brass, Adhikari's son and TMC MP Dibyendu Adhikari told reporters, "We have spoken to the BJP leadership. We will take the final decision about whether to attend or not tomorrow morning."

A heated argument broke out between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with chief ministers on the prevailing coronavirus situation, sources said.

BJP's star campaigners Tuesday carpet-bombed West Bengal with rallies, ridiculing Mamata Banerjee for her recent visit to temples and her new-found love for 'Chandi path', provoking retaliatory fire from the TMC boss who accused Home Minister Amit Shah of hatching a conspiracy against her party.

While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cried "conspiracy" over the Nandigram incident last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chose to refrain from using the term when his helicopter suffered a glitch on Monday. 

Amit Shah has accused the Mamata Banerjee government of blocking the Central government’s schemes in West Bengal. He said that the BJP, if forms the government, will end the 'gunda raj'.

The BJP made deep inroads in West Bengal by winning 18 of its 42 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 - only four less than ruling TMC. The BJP is projecting itseld as an alternative to the Trinamool Congress which is ruling the state since 2011 under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership.

The senior BJP leader a colourful roadshow at Kharagpur town in Paschim Medinipur district in support of BJP candidates contesting the West Bengal assembly election.

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on May 2. The election for 140-member Kerala Assembly in 14 districts will be held in a single phase on April 6.

Brainstorming to finalize BJP candidates began on Thursday with the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting on the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb had earlier said that the BJP was planning to extend its footprint in Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah received the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. Shah was administered the vaccine under the supervision of a team of doctors led by Naresh Trehan.

Shah also ridiculed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for saying there was no 'dedicated' fisheries ministry and pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set it up two years ago.  

The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for assembly election to be held in 4 states including West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Union Territory Puducherry. The Assembly Election in West Bengal will be held in 8 phases, the election commission informed.