Like PM Modi, Shah must also win his spurs from a state other than his own

There is chatter that Shah could contest from the South Kolkata seat that is a Trinamool Congress bastion

Shah in Bengal?
 

BJP’s West Bengal General Secretary Sayantan Basu has been quoted in a local newspaper: “We will be happy if (BJP President) Amit Shah contests the Lok Sabha elections from West Bengal. This will act as a morale boost for the cadre to take on the Mamata Banerjee government.” There is chatter that Shah could contest (and possibly win) from the South Kolkata (Kolkata Dakshin) seat that is a Trinamool Congress (TMC) bastion. The West Bengal Chief Minister was elected Member of Parliament five times from this seat till she became the CM in 2011. After that, the