Amit Shah slams Mamata govt over 'appeasement politics' offering prayers at Dakshineswar Temple

"The tradition of Bengal has been hurt by the appeasement politics. I appeal to people to act in their own way to remake Bengal as the philosophical and religious centre in the country," Shah, whose outfit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accuses Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of minority appeasement, said.

Besides offering prayers, the Home Minister also met Indian classical vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and listened to music.

Shah, a powerful BJP leader, will hold organisational meetings with party workers later in the day.

Shah, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, on Thursday urged people of the state to uproot the ruling dispensation in the next assembly elections due to be held in 2021.

"The way Mamata Didi is torturing people, specially the workers of the BJP, I am completely sure that the death knell of the government has rung. In the coming days, the BJP is going to form a government with a two-third majority," Shah told reporters.

"I appeal to people of the state to uproot this government to strengthen the country's security, provide employment to youth and eradicate poverty. We are confident to make Sonar Bangla under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," the former BJP national president said.