During the month-long campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda and a dozen Union ministers campaigned in favor of BJP candidates. The BJP organized ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’, rallies and road shows to woo voters. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, senior leaders Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat and Mohammad Salim, former chief minister Manik Sarkar and party’s state secretary Jitendra Chowdhary campaigned in favor of the party. Congress leaders—Adhir Chowdhary, Deepa Dasmunshi and AICC general secretary Ajay Kumar—campaigned for their party, but neither Rahul Gandhi nor Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the state for campaigning.