TMC opposes SIR to save infiltrators; Bad weather keeps PM away from rally: Reports
KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the Trinamul Congress-rule in West Bengal a "Maha Jungleraj" and sought people to end it in the upcoming Assembly Election.
He also accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee's party of opposing the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) to protect "Ghuspetia" (infiltrators) in the state and briefly tried to woo the Matuas, a community of Hindu migrants, by hailing their iconic leaders.
Mr Modi launched the scathing attack on the TMC while virtually addressing ‘Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha’ of BJP at Taherpur in Ranaghat of Nadia from Kolkata Airport after poor visibility due to dense fog denied his chopper to land at the venue in the district and forced him to return. He however apologised in his address of around 15 minutes to the crowd for his inability.
Referring to his party's victory in a neighbouring state, Mr Modi said, “Bihar outright rejected Jungleraj. It gave the BJP-led NDA more seats than before even after 20 years. Now we have to get rid of the Maha Jungleraj that is prevailing in Bengal. That's why West Bengal says Banchte Chai, BJP Tai (We want to live, hence, want BJP).”
He then raised the infiltration issue and linked it with the SIR to sharpen his attack on the TMC. “BJP’s honest efforts have ‘Go Back Ghuspetia' written on them. Unfortunately, the anti-people party is now shouting ‘Go Back Modi.’ It cannot say ‘Go Back Ghuspetiyon’ however and remains mum on them,” the PM alleged.
He further claimed, “Ghuspetiyon who are determined to grab Bengal look dearest to TMC. This is the real face of TMC. They are opposing the SIR to protect Ghuspetia. Look at Tripura in our neighborhood. The Communists destroyed Tripura over 30 years. People gave us a chance there. We tried to take Tripura forward according to their dreams.”
Drawing a comparison, Mr Modi argued, “In Bengal also, riddance from the Communists came. There was a hope that something good would happen. But TMC adopted all the perils and people of the Left. As a result, the evils have increased by many times. Bengal is rapidly ravaged by TMC while Tripura is rapidly progressing.”
He added, “Modi wants to do many things for you. He wants to devote himself to work for the development here. There is no dearth of will, schemes and funds for Bengal. But the government here remains busy in cuts and commissions. Thousands of crores of development projects have still been stuck here.”
The PM observed, “Let TMC oppose Modi and BJP as much as it can. But I fail to understand why the development gets stopped here. They are free to oppose Modi but should not pain and deprive the people. Give BJP a chance to build a double engine government and see how fast development happens here.”
