Krishnagar: Sticking to what he said in his earlier meetings despite strong criticism, Narendra Modi on Wednesday reiterated that infiltrators from Bangladesh would have to go back and claimed that Mamata Banerjee had said back in 2005 what he was saying now.
Modi said that he would only try to honour the Supreme Court's observation that infiltration was as an act of aggression on India.
"The Supreme Court has said that infiltration is aggression on India. I have no hesitation in giving respect to what the Supreme Court has said," Modi said at an election rally here.
"What the Supreme Court said has to be implemented," Modi reiterated.
The BJP's prime ministerial candidate, however, then hastened to add that the case of refugees from Bangladesh was different and that it was the responsibility of all the states of India to rehabilitate them.
"There are two types of people who have come in -- infiltrators and refugees. those who are refugees are our family. It is the responsibility of all of India, whether
Gujarat or Rajasthan to rehabilitate them with all respect."
He claimed that in August 2005, during the UPA I government, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had "thrown a shawl at the chair of the Speaker demanding that Bangladeshi infiltrators be thrown out."
"You (Banerjee) had then said that Bangladeshi infiltrators have destroyed Bengal and that they were being brought in by the Left for votes," Modi said. "What Modi is saying today was said by you in 2005," he pointed out.
The Gujarat Chief Minister said that on May 6, 1997, the then Union Home Minister Indrajit Gupta of CPI had said in Parliament that over one crore Bangladeshi infiltrators had crossed over to India.
Modi also referred to former Union minister of state for Home P M Sayeed saying in 1995 that Bangladeshi infiltrators were crossing over in large numbers.
He also referred to former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee expressing concern over rise in Madrasas in areas bordering Bangladesh.
"There should not be any compromise on the issue of country's security and unity," Modi asserted in the meeting in favour of Satyabrata Mukherjee for the Krishnagar seat.
He claimed that "while the people here don't get jobs, those who infiltrate from Bangladesh are welcomed with red carpet."
Modi also took up the issue of Matua community, which comprise a large chunk of scheduled caste community in Nadia, within which the Krishnagar seat lies, and North 24-Parganas district, saying that he would personally hear their problems regarding citizenship issues and ensure a solution.
Claiming that Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Left have a "behind the scene "understanding, Modi said that their only agenda was to "stop Modi".
"You may think that Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Left are fighting separately. But try to understand the game played by them behind the scene. All three of them are saying the same thing - stop Modi", he told an election meeting.
Continuing to target TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, he said, "In Didi's speech there is nothing but only the call to stop Modi. I am afraid that Didi is not taken sick".
Referring to the Saradha chit fund scam and the primary teachers recruitment fiasco in the state, Modi said, "Bengal has turned into a scam Bengal. There is scam after scam".
"On one side, scam India, and on another side scam Bengal. I have to make India skilled India and not scam India".
Modi also took a dig at "didi" Mamata Banerjee, saying she was getting angry at him too frequently and questioned whether she would not like "good days" to come for West Bengal.
He also had a poser for her, asking why the crime against women was one of the highest in West Bengal despite the presence of the "tigress", apparently returning the jibe over her 'real tiger' comment.
"These days, didi gets angry very frequently. Didi, so much anger is not good. You may fall sick," the BJP's prime ministerial candidate said addressing a rally here. Modi, who has been involved in face-offs with Banerjee lately, went on to add that the West Bengal chief minister was worried that BJP would get seats in her state.
"If BJP wins in Bengal, what is wrong? Will the winners not be from Bengal...If good days come, will it not be good for Bengal," he said. Modi said there are people who are looking for unstable politics but there are some people who do not want a strong government as they themselves want to be strong.
"Good days are coming. But Didi, does not want good days," he said while contending that there is no development in the state which has been ruled all these decades by Congress, Left and now Trinamool Congress.
He also said that while Trinamool Congress, Congress and the Left fight with each other in Kolkata, they make friendship in Delhi. "Their only motto is to stop Modi," he said.
"Where is the development? Is there any job for youth. Do not people of Bengal deserve development? Do not youth deserve jobs?," he asked. Apparently referring to Banerjee's 'real tiger' remark, Modi said, "You are tigress. If you are tigress, then why Bengal is one of the states where crime against women is highest."
Last week, Banerjee took a swipe at Modi saying there was a difference between a "paper tiger" and a Royal Bengal Tiger.
