The meeting has come just a day after Election Commission of India conveyed an all-party meeting on Monday to discuss the preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP president Amit Shah had on Monday written to the Law Commission stating his party was in favour of simultaneous elections, saying it would curb expenditure and ensure the nation is not in "election mode" throughout the year.

The party on Saturday alleged that BJP resident did not mention his liabilities in his election affidavit during the Rajya Sabha election in 2017, even though his son Jay Shah's company Kusum Finserve was given loans worth Rs 95 crore by several banks mortgaging Shah's properties.

Shah, who was in the city to address a meeting of party workers, expressed confidence that the BJP will emerge victorious in the next general elections even if the opposition parties cobble up an alliance.

93-year-old Vajpayee was admitted to the AIIMS on June 11 with kidney tract infection, chest congestion, urinary tract infection and urine output on the lower side.

The TMC also refuted the charge that the TV coverage of Shah's meeting was blacked-out in West Bengal due to pressure from the ruling party.

Asking Congress President Rahul Gandhi to clearly spell out his stand on the NRC in Assam, BJP President Amit Shah asserted that his party was committed to completing the registration process.

Posters asking the 'BJP to leave Bengal' were seen put up in and around Amit Shah's rally venue at Mayo Road.

The BJP president was referring to charges of corruption levelled by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

"The police have not yet given us the permission to install drone at the rally venue," BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu said.  

"Complying with Supreme Court orders we brought NRC. The NRC is a way to evict illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from Assam. I would like to ask SP, BSP & Congress to clear their stand on whether they want illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to stay here or evict them," said Shah.

"The Shah of lies and the Shahenshah of Jumlas tried their best to stall NRC. I will tell you how they hatched a conspiracy to stop, delay and disrupt the NRC process," said Khera, reported news agency PTI.

The century-old station on the busy Delhi-Howrah route is being touched up with saffron paint at places and signboards with the new name being put up.

Addressing a huge gathering on the occasion, Amit Shah asked the Congress to give an account of the work done by its leaders during their four generations of rule.

Commenting on the entire matter, Kolkata Police said, reported ANI, “Some unwarranted speculation in social media about denial of permission to a political party on 11 August has come to our notice. It is to clarify that on request, permission for the meeting has already been granted.”

BJP president Amit Shah was not allowed to speak over the issue in Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive day as Opposition MPs resorted to sloganeering as soon as he stood up present his views.

While the ruling BJP and the Opposition led by the Congress and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress are engaged in a slugfest over the issue, the NRC draft released on Monday has exposed several irregularities.

"She should clarify what kind of civil war she is talking about," he said.

Attacking the Congress party, he said, “Congress started the NRC is 2005 but failed to implement it. It was taken over by the Narendra Modi-led government.”

The assembly election will be contested under her leadership and she will again become the chief minister with a thumping majority, he said at the concluding session here of the BJP's state working committee meeting.