Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (September 26) inaugurated the Durga Puja pandal of Santosh Mitra Square in Kolkata, and said he prayed to the goddess that post the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls, there is a new government which restores the state’s lost 'Sonar Bangla' glory.

Shah said Bengal should once again become safe, peaceful and prosperous, fulfilling the dream of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

“I have prayed to Maa Durga that after this assembly election, there is a government which can make the state ‘Sonar Bangla’ (golden Bengal),” he said.

“I also extend my greetings to people of Bengal and the country for Durga Puja,” Shah said at the inauguration of the pandal of the Santosh Mitra Square Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity in north Kolkata.

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