Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security status of Bankura, a region that has been a victim of backwardness and Maoism in West Bengal.
The move comes a day after Shah reached West Bengal and visited Bankura on Thursday during his two-day tour to the state to hold meetings with the party leadership and functionaries ahead of the assembly elections in the state next year.
Shah held the meeting with officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)--the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) deployed in the area to provide internal security.
It is learnt that Shah's visit to Bankura is among his key strategies because the region has been a victim of backwardness in the state, besides being a Maoist-infested area.
Shah also visited the Bankura region because it is the area of Lok Sabha BJP MP Subhash Sarkar. The motive behind the visit is to create a large support base for the BJP in the state.
