Amit Shah visits Swami Vivekananda's house, pays floral tributes

Shah is on a three-day visit to the city from September 11 to 13 to expand the party's base in Bengal.

Kolkata, September 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Monday visited the ancestral house of Swami Vivekananda in Kolkata and paid floral tributes. Shah was accompanied by BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, union ministers Babul Supriyo and S S Ahluwalia besides state BJP president Dilip Ghosh among others.

During the day, the BJP president will hold meetings with party leaders here.

Tomorrow he is scheduled to meet party workers who are victims of Trinamool Congress' violence and will also meet intellectuals of the city," BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu said.

Shah would attend a chamber of commerce meeting on Wednesday.

Shah is on a three-day visit to the city from September 11 to 13 to expand the party's base in Bengal.

According to state BJP sources, detailed report of party's rise in vote share in the just ended civic polls in seven municipalities will be placed before him.

PTI