India, March 3 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday launched the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Poriborton (change) Yatra from Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas, stepping up the party's offensive against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections.

Addressing a large public meeting, Shah said the yatra was aimed at bringing "real change" in Bengal and not merely a change of chief minister. "Poriborton does not mean replacing one chief minister with another. The people of Bengal will bring change. Poriborton means freeing Bengal from corruption, syndicate raj and misgovernance," he said, urging the crowd to raise their hands and take a pledge for change.

The home minister said nine Poriborton Ya...