New Delhi, April 10 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Friday that a person from West Bengal and a Bengali would become the chief minister of the state, if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in the state.

Shah was responding to questions after releasing the saffron party's manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.

"I can assure people that a person from Bengal and a Bengali will be the state," Shah said in response to a question in Kolkata.

A journalist asked Shah if who will be the BJP's CM face. Another added that it will be among the two BJP leaders sitting with Shah when the manifesto is released. The two leaders with Shah were Samik Bhattacharya, the BJP's state president and Suvendu Adhikari, t...