During their day-long joint visit to Kolkata Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda took stock of the preparedness and strategies of the West Bengal party unit for the Lok Sabha elections slated for April-May 2024.

The two top BJP leaders held a meeting with senior state BJP leaders, asking them to ramp up their preparations for the polls. “There is no time to waste, and there is no room for any complacency,” was their message for the state party unit, sources said.

The Shah-Nadda duo also constituted a 15-member election management team for the polls, setting it a target of 35 Lok Sabha seats out of 42 in the state.

Both Shah and Nadda started their day by visiting a gurdwara as well as the Kalighat temple in South Kolkata. Later, at a city hotel they held a closed-door meeting with the state BJP brass.

Both Shah and Nadda were tightlipped about the meeting.

However, a senior state BJP leader, who was present in the meeting, said: “Their (Shah-Nadda’s) message is clear. We have to pull up our socks now and work for 35 seats in this Lok Sabha polls.