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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sit seems is keen to make serious inroads in West Bengal . And is targeting the 2012 Assembly polls in the state with a mission to form government by ousting the TMC. It is now learnt that in order to reach out to the public more effectively, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has started learning Bengali.
Shah aims to learn Bangla so that the language doesn’t becomes a barrier while making strategies for the polls. He also plans to start his address during his campaign in the state with Bangla to connect in a better way with the public. He has appointed a teacher also for the same.
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee coined a slogan ‘Ma Mati Manush’ (Mother, Motherland and People) and in her recent addresses she strongly spoke up for Bengali pride. She even termed Shah as an outsider.
Shah is believed to be an expert in making electoral strategies and he makes different strategies for each election. But after failing in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, he wants to control the West Bengal Assembly polls. Therefore, to make a better connect with the party workers he has started learning the language.
According to a senior BJP leader of West Bengal, there is nothing new in it. The BJP President is learning four different languages including Bangla and Tamil.
