Biswabrata Goswami
KALYANI, 12 APRIL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee saying that Trinamul Congress is abusing Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) only because they support BJP.
Addressing an election rally at Kalyani in Nadia, PM Modi said, “Perturbed with fear of losing, Didi and her party are crossing all lines. Her people are abusing SCs, STs and OBCs only because they support BJP.”
“I met a person from Matua community in Bangladesh recently, who said I’m India’s first Prime Minister who came to seek Harichand Thakur’s blessings in Orakandi. Didi didn’t like my Orakandi visit. Didi, the country can see how you have spewed hatred towards Dalits and underprivileged for 10 years,” said PM Modi.
He also said, “I have come to assure you today that all refugees will get all facilities due to them, they will get justice. For the BJP, providing justice to all refugees, Matua and Namasudra brothers, is also an emotional commitment.”
The prime minister alleged Mamata Banerjee’s appeasement politics hurt Matua and Namsudra communities hard and they had to pay commission to “TMC’s extortionists” even to obtain scheduled caste certificates.
Accusing Mamata Benerjee of dividing people, Modi said “Jukto koro-Seva Koro” (uniting people and serving them) is his motto.
“Didi knows Congress could not return to power once ousted, Left could not return once removed from power, you too will never be able to bounce back,” he said.
The Prime Minister said, “Didi promised to make Kalyani a theme city. But she deputed teams of corrupt people and tolabaaz here. Visionaries like Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and BC Roy wanted to transform Kalyani into a model for modern Bengal but Didi’s poor policies have pushed it behind by years.”
The Prime Minister later said, “Seeing her defeat Didi has strategised to stop them from voting and facilitates her goons to rig votes.”
Mocking Banerjee, Modi said she had forgotten her party’s motto ‘Maa, Maati, Manush’ and is only chanting his name at public meetings.
She only created a mess in the name of governance, the prime minister said.
Referring to the recent incident of lynching of a Bihar police officer in West Bengal and the death of his mother from shock which led to their funeral pyres being lit together, Modi said Mamata Banerjee’s government does not respect anyone anymore, “not even mothers”.
“Didi, is that officer’s mother not a mother for you? No mother in Bengal knew how cruel and ruthless you are,” Modi said.
He said Banerjee was getting angrier with each passing day because people of Bengal have decided to show her the exit door.
Alleging that Banerjee incited people against central forces, he referred to the killing of four in the firing by CISF personnel in Cooch Behar on 10 April.
“In the last 10 years Mamata Banerjee conspired to deny the scheduled castes, the poor and the deprived sections their rights through ‘chappa vote’ (rigging).
“What happened in Cooch Behar was the consequence of this conspiracy. Victory and defeat are part of democracy but you will not be allowed to snatch away people’s right to vote,” he said adding that Banerjee’s policies have snuffed out the lives of children of countless mothers.
Drawing a cricket analogy, Prime Minister said the people of Bengal have hit so many fours and sixes in the first four phases of the assembly polls that the BJP has already completed its century and the TMC is on course to being wiped out.
