Amit Shah said if farmer organisations felt that any provision of the three new farm laws was against their interests, the Modi government was ready to discuss and consider it with an open mind.

Shah attended Kisan Samman Nidhi event and also listened to Prime Minister Modi's video interaction with farmers from several states, along with other BJP leaders at a Gaushala in Kishangarh village.  

Mamata has been issuing strong remarks against the Centre ever since Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his two-day Bengal visit, criticised the Trinamool government severely over various issues.

Born in 1902 in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Chaudhary Charan Singh championed the farmers' cause and is credited with shaping several policies that helped them. He died in 1987.

During a press conference in Kolkata, Mamata offered a point-by-point rebuttal to Amit Shah's charge to stress that Bengal has progressed well  under the Trinamool Congress regime. 

Ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit the state every month and stay there for a week during each visit. Shah's next visit to West Bengal is likely on January 12 next year, said a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) source, requesting anonymity.

Mamata announced that she will visit the Birbhum district on December 28 for an official meeting, and also lead a roadshow the next day.

Rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are yet to be framed because of the pandemic situation and the matter will be considered once the COVID-19 vaccination starts and the corona chain breaks, Amit Shah said.

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.