Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal and address a public rally in Nadia on Saturday.

“Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi will hold a rally at Netaji Park in Taherpur under Nadia’s Ranaghat subdivision at 10 am. He will address the concerns of the people from the rally,” said BJP State President Samik Bhattacharya at a press conference on Friday.

Emphasising reassurance to voters amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, Bhattacharya said, “The BJP can assure the people particularly the Namasudras that no refugee name will be deleted from the voters list.”

The Prime Minister’s visit comes at a time when the SIR process has triggered widespread anxiety among the Matua community, a politically significant refugee group with a strong presence in Nadia and neighbouring districts. Ranaghat is considered one of the largest Matua-dominated belts in the state.

BJP sources said the visit plan was finalised following a closed-door meeting in New Delhi with West Bengal BJP MPs. During the meeting, MPs reportedly briefed the Prime Minister about the fear and distrust spreading among Matuas over the electoral roll revision. Modi assured that he would address the concerns directly at the Ranaghat rally.

They cautioned that unless the apprehensions were addressed urgently, the party could face serious electoral challenges in Matua-heavy constituencies in the run-up to the 2026 Assembly elections. Sources said Modi conveyed during the meeting that he would speak directly on the issue at the Ranaghat rally.

He was already aware of the unease among Bengali Hindus regarding the SIR exercise and had internally discussed holding a public programme in a Matua region even before Tuesday’s interaction with MPs. Those present at the meeting said the Prime Minister also expressed dissatisfaction over what he felt was inadequate communication by the Bengal BJP on the SIR process as well as on central welfare schemes.

He reportedly urged MPs and party leaders to intensify both on-ground and digital outreach, engage in household-level interactions to explain the revision exercise, and sharpen social media messaging. On Wednesday, the SIR issue also figured prominently in another high-level political meeting when Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari met union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, sources indicated.

Meanwhile, the ruling Trinamool Congress has accused the BJP and the Election Commission of creating panic among voters. The TMC has alleged that several suicides, including those of overburdened Booth Level Officers, were linked to pressure arising from the revision exercise, and has stepped up its attack on the BJP using these claims.

Against this backdrop, BJP sources said PM Modi has asked Bengal party leaders to highlight the benefits of SIR more assertively while simultaneously campaigning on central welfare schemes. He reportedly stressed that many benefits fail to reach intended beneficiaries in the state due to alleged obstruction by the Trinamool Congress government, and called for strengthening booth-level organisation across Bengal.

Political observers note that while multiple factors are influencing the BJP’s strategy in the state, anxiety among the Matua community remains the party’s foremost concern. PM Modi’s decision to hold the December 20 rally in Ranaghat is seen as a signal of urgency to regain trust in a community that is crucial to the BJP’s electoral calculus in West Bengal.