<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two rallies in West Bengal on Saturday and Sunday and attend several programmes as the BJP steps up its campaign in the poll-bound state where Assembly elections are expected to be held in April-May.</p>.<p>BJP sources said Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night and start his public programmes on Saturday with a visit to ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Consciousness) in Mayapur and later address a rally at Thakurnagar. He will also address his party's social media volunteers in Kolkata in the evening.</p>.<p>Shah is scheduled to address another rally at Dumurjala in Howrah on Sunday. He will also visit Aurobindo Bhawan and Belur Math on the day.</p>.<p>Party leaders said he is expected to have lunch at the house of a jute mill worker in Belur on Sunday.</p>.<p>The saffron party has emerged as the main challenger to the ruling Trinamool Congress, headed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in the state.</p>.<p>The party is pulling out all stops to end her 10-year-old reign and has debuted a number of senior leaders, including Union ministers, to its state campaign. </p>
<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two rallies in West Bengal on Saturday and Sunday and attend several programmes as the BJP steps up its campaign in the poll-bound state where Assembly elections are expected to be held in April-May.</p>.<p>BJP sources said Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night and start his public programmes on Saturday with a visit to ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Consciousness) in Mayapur and later address a rally at Thakurnagar. He will also address his party's social media volunteers in Kolkata in the evening.</p>.<p>Shah is scheduled to address another rally at Dumurjala in Howrah on Sunday. He will also visit Aurobindo Bhawan and Belur Math on the day.</p>.<p>Party leaders said he is expected to have lunch at the house of a jute mill worker in Belur on Sunday.</p>.<p>The saffron party has emerged as the main challenger to the ruling Trinamool Congress, headed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in the state.</p>.<p>The party is pulling out all stops to end her 10-year-old reign and has debuted a number of senior leaders, including Union ministers, to its state campaign. </p>