West Bengal Poll: BJP targeting border districts to kick-start campaign ,West Bengal, West Bengal Assembly elections 2016, West Bengal where elections 2016, Kolkata Assembly elections, Kolkata polls, Bharatiya Janata Party , Rajnath Singh, Ashoknagar, No
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West Bengal Poll: BJP targeting border districts to kick-start campaign ,West Bengal, West Bengal Assembly elections 2016, West Bengal where elections 2016, Kolkata Assembly elections, Kolkata polls, Bharatiya Janata Party , Rajnath Singh, Ashoknagar, North 24-Parganas, Smriti Irani , Burdwan , Amit Shah , Muslim population, Burdwan
With the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections round the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is targeting fringe districts that share borders with Bangladesh to begin their poll campaign.
It is perhaps easier for the saffron brigade to make political inroads in such pockets riding on the strong anti-Muslim sentiments.
On Thursday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a mammoth rally in North 24-Parganas' Ashoknagar area and another district that shares its borders with Bangladesh.
Last week, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari had held a rally In South Dinajpur district, another bordering district.