Nisith Pramanik is one of the BJP’s most recognisable faces in West Bengal and at 38 years old the youngest minister in the Narendra Modi government. The Union Minister of State for Home is looking to retain Cooch Behar, which is one of the three seats in north Bengal going to polls in the first phase on April 19. In an interview, Pramanik, who switched from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to the BJP before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, talks toThe Indian Express about attacks on central agencies in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments on him, and why the problem of undocumented migration across the India-Bangladesh border continues to persist.