'Lotus' will bloom in West Bengal too: Amit Shah

Shah highlighted the success of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, stating that the scheme will also be implemented in West Bengal after BJP wins the Assembly elections in 2026

- NIKHIL VYAS

Union home minister and minister of cooperation Amit Shah on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha exuded confidence that the BJP will win Assembly elections in West Bengal which are scheduled to be held next year adding that the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Yojana will also be implemented in the state.

Shah was replying to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University Bill, 2025.

The Bill, which aims to establish the Institute of Rural Management Anand in Gujarat as a University, was passed by voice vote in the Lok Sabha after the Union home minister's reply.

Earlier, replying to the debate in the House on the Bill, Shah mentioned about the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Yojana.

The Union home minister said the result of the work of the Modi government is that today lotus has bloomed in Delhi and Ayushman Bharat Yojana has come here too.

Today every poor person of the country does not have to worry about spending up to Rs 5 lakh for treatment, he said.