Kolkata, Sept. 27 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday renewed the pitch of turning West Bengal into Sonar Bangla if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state in 2026. The West Bengal assembly elections are scheduled to be held next year. "I prayed to the Mother Goddess so that West Bengal may get such a government after the elections, which may turn the state into Sonar Bangla. Our Bengal should once again become safe, prosperous, peaceful and sujalam sufalam," said Shah. He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a Durga Puja pandal organized by BJP leader Sajal Ghosh in central Kolkata. Ahead of the 2021 assembly elections in the state, Shah and BJP president JP Nadda had said that the BJP would turn Bengal into Sonar Bangla, if it was voted to power. The TMC returned to power for the third time in a row. "He (Shah) had raised the same pitch for Sonar Bangla ahead of the 2021 polls while praying before the Mother Goddess during the 2020 Durga Puja. They couldn't come to power. Again, he has come back ahead of the 2026 polls. Again, they won't be able to come to power. I would urge him to come to Bengal again during the Durga Puja in 2030 and dream of Sonar Bangla ahead of the 2031 assembly polls," Bratya Basu, state education minister, told the media....