On his much awaited two-day visit to West Bengal , Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid homage to Khudiram Bose at his (Bose’s) native village in Paschim Medinipur and met with Bose’s family members and felicitated them with honorary garbs on December 19.
West Bengal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays homage to Khudiram Bose with flowers at his (Bose’s) native village in Pashchim Midnapore and meets with Bose’s family members and felicitates them with honorary garbs pic.twitter.com/DdnNGfG5VW
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2020
“It is my good fortune that I have been able to touch to my forehead, the soil of the home of the great freedom fighter Khudiram Bose. He happily went to the gallows to sacrifice himself for the Indian freedom movement,” said Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Then he paid paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda at Ramakrishna Ashram in Kolkata. “This is the place where Vivekananda Ji was born. Vivekananda Ji connected modernity and spirituality. I pray that we are able to walk on the path he showed us.”
West Bengal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Ramakrishna Ashram in Kolkata
Later today, he will address a public rally in Medinipur pic.twitter.com/zFSHEaBFqx
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2020
Shah also offered prayers at Siddheshwari Kali Temple in West Bengal’s Midnapore on December 19. He also visited Devi Mahamaya Temple and offered prayers there. He was accompanied by BJP’s general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya