<p>New Delhi: While the Bangladeshi language row continues to heat up, the BJP went into a huddle with its leaders of West Bengal, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairing the meeting that evaluated the party’s status in the poll-bound state. </p><p>The need for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the ongoing investigations in the RG Kar case, as well as the saffron party’s preparation in the state where it is yet to win big, were part of the agenda. </p><p>The meeting comes amid the Delhi Police terming Bengali “Bangladeshi language” in a communication related to the arrest of an undocumented individual. The meeting was followed by a virtual meeting of the state core group with district presidents. </p>.Gautam Adani meets Bengal CM at state secretariat.<p>The contentious SIR exercise, which has been raised repeatedly by the Opposition, was also discussed. Leaders from the state unit believe that a revision of the voter rolls should be done in the state that shares a border with neighbouring Bangladesh. </p><p>The Election Commission is making preparations to carry out the exercise in other states after Bihar. Speaking in Kolkata on Sunday, party state president Samik Bhattacharya said that they will put forward their demand to the central command so that the exercise is undertaken in Bengal, and alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress was scared of a revision of the voter rolls "as it has fake voters". </p><p>The party also discussed how it is placed in the state’s 84 reserved seats. The state has 68 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and 16 for Scheduled Tribes. In the last assembly elections in 2021, the BJP had won 39, with the TMC winning 45 seats. “The party is better placed in these seats,” a leader said. </p><p>The language row also came up for discussions, though leaders remained tight-lipped about it. To attack the Mamata Banerjee government, the party will also continue to raise the RG Kar rape and murder case. The leaders of the party state unit submitted a list of issues to the party’s top brass. </p>
<p>New Delhi: While the Bangladeshi language row continues to heat up, the BJP went into a huddle with its leaders of West Bengal, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairing the meeting that evaluated the party’s status in the poll-bound state. </p><p>The need for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the ongoing investigations in the RG Kar case, as well as the saffron party’s preparation in the state where it is yet to win big, were part of the agenda. </p><p>The meeting comes amid the Delhi Police terming Bengali “Bangladeshi language” in a communication related to the arrest of an undocumented individual. The meeting was followed by a virtual meeting of the state core group with district presidents. </p>.Gautam Adani meets Bengal CM at state secretariat.<p>The contentious SIR exercise, which has been raised repeatedly by the Opposition, was also discussed. Leaders from the state unit believe that a revision of the voter rolls should be done in the state that shares a border with neighbouring Bangladesh. </p><p>The Election Commission is making preparations to carry out the exercise in other states after Bihar. Speaking in Kolkata on Sunday, party state president Samik Bhattacharya said that they will put forward their demand to the central command so that the exercise is undertaken in Bengal, and alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress was scared of a revision of the voter rolls "as it has fake voters". </p><p>The party also discussed how it is placed in the state’s 84 reserved seats. The state has 68 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and 16 for Scheduled Tribes. In the last assembly elections in 2021, the BJP had won 39, with the TMC winning 45 seats. “The party is better placed in these seats,” a leader said. </p><p>The language row also came up for discussions, though leaders remained tight-lipped about it. To attack the Mamata Banerjee government, the party will also continue to raise the RG Kar rape and murder case. The leaders of the party state unit submitted a list of issues to the party’s top brass. </p>