Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited West Bengal on Saturday, said the ruling Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal has mastered the art of turning every scheme into a scam.
“The TMC government has time and again tried to put its own stamp on central planning. The people of the country should know what kind of identity it has created for Bengal, how it has maligned the country and what is happening with the TMC. You will be shocked to know that the TMC government is putting its own stamp on every The plan turned into a scam. Modi said: “TMC is a master at turning plans into a scam. ”
On the second day of his two-day tour of West Bengal, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of the priceless project. $15,000 crore and addressed a BJP rally at Krishna Nagar in Nadia district, sounding the clarion call for the BJP to campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state. The date for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is yet to be announced.
While Union Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier set a target for the BJP to win 35 of the 42 seats in the state, Modi raised the bar, saying the lotus should bloom in all 42 seats . In the 2019 general election, the BJP set a target of winning 22 seats and secured 18 seats. Modi wrote on his X handle that he held meetings with BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar and the state’s opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari. Legislative Assembly.
“In the next five years, the BJP government will launch countless employment and investment-related opportunities. This is also a time of unprecedented changes in West Bengal. You have to start with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. This time Lotus should be in all 42 Blooming on the seats,” Modi said.
He also said: “The number of people (attending the rally) was large. This sent a clear message. This time the NDA will exceed the 400 mark.” Modi said.
Modi said there were 25 lakh fake job cards in West Bengal and alleged that the TMC government had not issued environmental clearance to the state’s first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani, Nadia.
The TMC hit back saying the Prime Minister had given false facts.
“You have deprived 5.9 million beneficiaries of West Bengal of their MGNREGS wages. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is settling the dues. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of fake job cards but it was never deprived as it was made by the people Party-ruled,” said State Minister Shashi Panja.
Modi also targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over the Sandeshkari riots.
“Sandesh Khali’s sisters plead for justice. But the TMC government has turned a deaf ear. The situation in Bengal is such that the police cannot decide when criminals surrender. It is the criminals who decide when to surrender and when they are arrested,” he said.
Tension has been going on in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas since February 7 with women of the village demanding the arrest of TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his two aides Sardar and Hazra ). Shah Jahan was arrested 55 days later. Police said he was absconding, although opposition parties claimed he was under police protection.
“The state government never wanted to arrest the culprits of Sandesh Khali. But the women of West Bengal stood up like Goddess Durga. Every worker of the BJP stood with them. The state government had to Surrender,” Modi said.
In a video message shared by the TMC, the party’s MP-elect Sagarika Ghose said: “The women of Sandeshkari protested and raised their issues regarding land and attacks. But When asked who they would vote for, majority said TMC and Mamata Banerjee. She is working with them on the ground to implement women-centric programs for real welfare and real justice. Didi 24×7 Be with them. She’s not a migratory bird just rushing to get votes when it’s time to vote.”