Chinsurah/Barrackpore, May 12 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sharpened his attack on the Congress-led INDI Alliance, claiming that the grand old party cannot even cross that of the age of “Shahzada” (Rahul Gandhi).
Addressing a rally in favour of sitting Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and BJP Serampore candidate Kabir Shankar Bose, Modi took a jibe at the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal for alleged mal-administration and corrupt government.
” After observing the first three-phase polling across India, the BJP would surely cross 400 seats in 2024 and appealed to the people of Bengal to discard the TMC in 2024 General election, ” Modi said.
On his second address of the day after Barrackpore in favour of sitting MP Arjun Singh, Modi heightened his attack on the TMC government and alleged the ruling party let its goons unleash terror across the state where the mothers, sisters and even children were not safe.
” Loots and grabbing land of the poor people and even selling the
future of the youth and snatching the dreams of their parents have become the order of the day, ” he said.
When the country was developing in all sectors, Bengal, which was at the top of the country, was now at the rock bottom folowing alleged rampant corruption in all sections of society, he said adding the state was on the path of deterioration owing to cut money culture and nosediving investment.
” The TMC is the anti-people government, ” Modi said and urged the people not to cast a single vote to the TMC candidates.
Earlier in Barrackpore with the attendance of mothers and sisters remarked, “This scene indicates a forthcoming change in Bengal. The victory of 2019 is poised to be even greater for the BJP this time around.”
“West Bengal holds significant importance in Modi’s vision for the development of Eastern India. For 5 to 6 decades post-independence, it was predominantly the Congress family in power. However, during their rule, Eastern India witnessed only poverty and migration. Both the Congress and the parties of the INDI Alliance contributed to Eastern India’s backwardness. In 2014, you entrusted Modi with an opportunity… Modi has pledged to transform the eastern region into the driving force behind India’s development.”
Lambasting the TMC government for deteriorating the state’s condition, PM Modi exclaimed, “There was a time when Bengal contributed significantly to strengthening the nation’s economy. Today, TMC has turned it into a stronghold of corruption. There was a time when Bengal witnessed groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Now, under TMC’s rule, bomb-making factories are springing up across the state.
There was a time when Bengal revolted against infiltrators. But today, under the protection of TMC, infiltrators are thriving here.” Hitting out at the TMC-Congress-Left parties, PM Modi stated, “Today, following one’s faith has become a crime in Bengal. In Bengal, the TMC government doesn’t allow the mention of Lord Ram… In Bengal, the TMC government doesn’t permit the celebration of Ram Navami. Even the supporters of the Congress-Left have opened a front against the Ram temple. Can the country be entrusted to the hands of the TMC-Congress and Left?”
PM Modi highlighted how the INDI Alliance of TMC-Congress has resorted to appeasement and vote bank politics, urging people to engage in vote jihad against him.
He mentioned a TMC MLA’s threat to drown Hindus in the Bhagirathi river, illustrating their audacity. This, he said, diminishes Hindus in Bengal to second-class citizens. Also, he pointed out that the INDI Alliance aims to revoke SC-ST-OBC reservations, proposing to allocate them entirely to Muslims.
He cited examples like Karnataka, where Congress has already allocated OBC reservations to Muslims.
Talking about the ‘Vote Bank’ politics, the PM iterated that CAA has provided citizenship to the ‘Matua’ community of West Bengal. He added that CAA is the antidote to ‘Vote-bank politics’ and CAA will provide citizenship to all those who have suffered the aftermath of partition.
Also, PM Modi gave five guarantees including no religion-based reservations, no reduction in reservations for SC-ST-OBCs, nobody can stop Pooja for Ram Navami, nobody can change the Ram Mandir verdict by
SC and nobody can stall the implementation of the CAA. In a scathing critique of the TMC government, PM Modi highlighted the perpetual neglect inflicted upon the Jute Industry in West Bengal by the state government.
He emphasized that Barrackpore serves as the hub of the Jute Industry, underscoring the central government’s efforts to rejuvenate it despite TMC’s propagation of falsehoods.
Continuing his severe criticism of the TMC government, PM Modi said, “TMC is emblematic of corruption, exemplified by the Teacher Recruitment scam. The state government auctioned off rate cards for Teacher Recruitment, openly sold in markets. Positions were auctioned off, and to make matters worse, OMR sheets were burnt, fake interviews conducted, and even the court acknowledged government machinery’s involvement in this scandal. This is the state of affairs TMC has brought upon Bengal.”
Asserting that no corrupt individual will go unpunished, PM Modi declared, “I will ensure that those responsible for the corruption in Bengal are held accountable. Those accumulating vast sums of money will not evade the law. I am pursuing legal avenues to ensure that the victims receive restitution for these ill-gotten gains.”
Modi slammed the opposition for the atrocities happening in Sandeshkhali.
He said, “The perpetrators of Sandeshkhali crimes, first shielded by TMC’s police, now face a new challenge. TMC’s goons are intimidating and threatening the women of Sandeshkhali solely because the perpetrator’s name is Shahjahan Sheikh. Bombs and guns are being unleashed from his home. Yet, TMC is bent on whitewashing this criminal by securing his clean chit for the sake of vote-bank politics.”
