PM again raises Sandeshkhali issue to target TMC

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Trinamool Congress and said that it does not affect West Bengal government when people are struggling or suffering and the “entire country is discussing what TMC leaders did to the Dalit and Adivasi women of Sandeshkhali”. Addressing a rally in Siliguri during his third visit to West Bengal in less than a month, Modi said, “It does not affect TMC when you are struggling or suffering. The entire country is discussing what TMC leaders did to the Dalit and Adivasi women of Sandeshkhali. Atrocities against women and to loot the hard-earned money of the poor this is what TMC’s ‘tolabaz’ do.
Further, hitting out at the TMC over release of MGNREGA wages (issue on which the Mamata Banerjeeled government has been protesting for a long time), PM Modi said that Centre sends the money from Delhi but TMC government looted it. Exposing the malafide
pratices of the TMC government, PM Modi said, “TMC government is looting you at every step. Modi sends the money for MNREGA wages from Delhi but the TMC government here has looted you at every step. To benefit the TMC’s ‘tolabaz’, 25 lakh fake job cards were created and given to the people. If Modi sends money to the poor’s houses, then the TMC government gives your money to the people chosen by ‘tolabaz’.” The Prime Minister said that everyone in the country is able to see the problems in West Bengal but the irony is that, “First the left did not listen to you and then the TMC also ignored you. They were busy looting the land of the poor”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Gorkhaland crisis in the hills of West Bengal is on the verge of being solved, adding he needs the support of the people to move towards the solution. “Just as Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was abolished, similarly, there will be a solution to the crisis related to the Gorkhaland matter in the northern part of West Bengal.

Just as Ram Temple was established in Ayodhya after years of struggle and movements, similarly, the Gorkhaland-related crisis will also be solved,” PM Modi said while addressing a public rally at Siliguri in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district. He also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has always been concerned about the grievances of the Gorkha community. “The BJP is always serious about addressing your concerns. The party will continue with its efforts to fulfill your dreams. We have a clear roadmap on how to achieve the development of the northern part of West Bengal. We are trying to promote tea, tourism, and timber sectors in the region,” the Prime Minister said while addressing the rally. The Prime Minister also accused the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state of neglecting key issues in West Bengal’s northern region over the years. “Besides Trinamool Congress, its partners in the INDIA bloc have too neglected the concerns of the people of the northern part of West Bengal,” PM Modi said. The Prime Minister also said that whenever he visits the northern part of West Bengal, he visualises a ‘mini-India’ in the region. “I have been here before also. The diverse culture that I can see here is really quite rare,” PM Modi said.Ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech, former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay who joined the BJP this week after resigning from judicial services, also addressed the audience. “I don’t even want to take the name of the party that is the current ruling party in West Bengal. That party is totally controlled by anti-social elements. The rampant corruption in the system came to my notice as an erstwhile judge. While eligible candidates were deprived of teaching jobs, those who scored less marks were appointed against money. The entire education system in the state is collapsing because of this rampant corruption. Thereafter, rampant corruption in the ration distribution system surfaced,” Gangopadhyay said.

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