BJP president Nitin Nabin visits West Bengal

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) arrived in West Bengal for a two-day visit.

This is first visit of Mr. Nabin to the State after assuming the charge and holds significance as the Assembly elections in West Bengal are due in a few months.

All senior leaders of the West Bengal BJP, State President Samik Bhattacharya, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar were present at Andal airport in Paschim Bardhaman district to receive the newly elected BJP president.

Mr Nabin inaugurated Kamal Mela at the Chitralaya Mela Ground in Durgapur on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) evening. Speaking at inauguration of Kamal Mela said that Bengal has provided direction to the rest of the country. “The Prime Minister Narendra Modi also thinks of how to take Bengal forward. If we have to make a Viksit Bharat [Developed India], we will have to make a Viksit Bengal [Developed Bengal],” the BJP president. Mr. Nabin expressed condolences for the death of workers who were killed in the fire at a warehouse at Anandpur in Kolkata.

The BJP president also held a closed-door organisational meeting with senior party leaders and functionaries at a city hotel. On Wednesday (January 28, 2026), he will offer prayers at the Biringi Kali temple in Durgapur before addressing an organisational meeting at the Chitralaya ground.

Instead of visiting Kolkata, the BJP president chose Durgapur and Asansol in the south western part of the State. The region has a strong BJP presence and the party’s performance in this part of the State is crucial in the upcoming Assembly polls. Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is also expected to visit the State on January 30 and 31. Recently, the BJP has announced a committee to frame party poll manifesto. The party’s State Sankalp Patra Committee for the Assembly election will be headed by Tapas Roy.