West Bengal BJP government is implementing the promise of ‘Sonar Bangla’, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the BJP government in West Bengal is actively fulfilling its 'Sonar Bangla' campaign promises. During a foundation stone laying ceremony for an Amul dairy project in Howrah, he emphasized improvements in law and order and economic development.
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This highlights the political shift in West Bengal and the central government's efforts to integrate the state into its broader economic and governance framework.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal is implementing the promise of ‘Sonar Bangla’ (golden Bengal) on the ground, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday (July 19, 2026). The Minister was virtually laying the foundation stone of a ₹700-crore Amul dairy project at Sankrail in Howrah.
“I have come to tell the people of West Bengal that whatever we had promised during the elections, the government is implementing the promise of ‘Sonar Bangla’ on the ground,” the Minister said.
During the campaign for the 2026 Assembly election, the BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Shah, had spoken about returning West Bengal to its golden age.
Tracing the political history of West Bengal, Mr. Shah said that that the idea of ‘Sonar Bangla’ envisioned by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore had been destroyed by the previous Communist and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) regimes.
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