Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday put an end to the "insider-outsider debate" in West Bengal and promised that "a son of the soil will become the chief minister" if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was voted to power in the state.

In the biggest exodus from the Trinamool Congress in a single day, party heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari and 34 other leaders including five MLAs andan MP switched over to the BJP in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, setting of churnings as several disgruntled functionaries rallied behind him.

Taunting West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari, who recently resigned from the party and joined BJP in presence of Amit Shah in Bengal on Saturday, wrote an open letter to Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers asking them to join hands and start a new beginning.

West Bengal political heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari along with nine MLAs of different parties and a TMC MP joined the BJP at Home Minister AmitShah's rally in Midnapore on Saturday, ending weeks of speculations.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday vowed to oust the Mamata Banerjee regime in the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, exuding confidence that his new party will form the next government.

In a tweet upon his arrival in Kolkata, Amit Shah wrote, "I bow to this revered land of greats like Gurudev Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee."

Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night on a two-day visit to take stock of the BJP's affairs in the state as the assembly elections draw near, amid a rebellion within the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in the state this weekend, while his colleagues Gajendra Shekhawat, Sanjeev Balyan, Prahlad Patel, Arjun Munda and Mansukh Mandaviya will be visiting in the next few days, sources in the party said on Thursday.

Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday tendered resignation as an MLA, weeks after he quit the Trinamool Congress government as a minister. He was TMC MLA from Nandigram assembly constituency.

Delhi police on Sunday detained Aam Admi Party MLAs Raghav Chadha, Ritu Raj, Kuldeep Kumar and Sanjeev Jha who were on their way to the Home Minister's residence to hold a protest demonstration against alleged misappropriation of funds by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).

Bhagwat is scheduled to meet a group of young achievers excelling in space research, NASA, microbiology, medical science in the state and those who came back to India and are contributing towards the ‘Make in India’ or 'Atmanirbhar' mission.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi.

Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal later this month. It will be Shah’s second visit to the poll-bound state within a month.

JP Nadda security lapse: BJP president arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday on a two-day visit. He launched the 'Griha Sampark Abhiyan' as part of the party's 'Aar Noi Annay' (No More Injustice) campaign in the poll-bound state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a new Parliament building on Thursday (Dec 10) at an event that will be attended by leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers, and ambassadors of different countries.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday met Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the next course of action after farmer leaders rejected the Centre's draft proposal to amend the new Agri laws, sources said.

Amit Shah met farmer leaders on Tuesday night at the PUSA institute. Shah offered to amend the three laws. But the farmer leaders rejected the government's offer, saying they will settle for nothing less than the scrapping.

A group of farmer leaders will meet Shah on Tuesday evening, a day before their sixth round of talks with Union ministers slated for Wednesday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called farmers for talks, a day ahead of the government's sixth round of negotiations to end the deadlock over the farm laws.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to the architect of the Constitution Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 64th death anniversary which is observed as "Mahaparinirvana Diwas". Taking to twitter, PM Modi said government is committed to fulfilling the dreams that the leader had for India, adding that his thoughts continue to provide strength to millions of people.