Bengal, Dec 12: In a significant development ahead of 2021 assembly polls in West Bengal, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat will be on a two-day visit to Kolkata from December 12 to 13 and he will meet young achievers in the state.
Bhagwat’s visit to Bengal is seen as crucial ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit on December 19 as the state goes for significant assembly polls.
Union Home Minister will attend a public meeting in Bengal in the backdrop of the attack on BJP chief JP Nadda’s convoy on Thursday. Shah yesterday had sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee government over the ‘serious security lapses’.
Bhagwat is scheduled to meet a group of young achievers excelling in space research, NASA, microbiology, medical science, and those who came back to India and are contributing towards the ‘Make in India’ or ‘Atmanirbhar‘ mission.
The upcoming meeting will be Mohan Bhagwat fifth visit to the state since August 2019 aiming to strengthen the organization at the block level. Earlier, he visited on August 1, August 31, September 19 last year, and then on September 22 this year.
RSS has been present in Bengal since 1939 but it had failed to spread during 34 years of Left Front rule. Since the end of CPI (M)-led Left Front government in 2011 and Narendra Modi’s ascent to power in 2014, the Sangh has suddenly emerged as a force to reckon with in Bengal.
