West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) saying {that a} toxic snake could be trusted however not the saffron camp. CM Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of flouting Mannequin Code of Conduct (MCC) for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was addressing a election rally in Cooch Behar, whereby she alleged that Border Safety Power (BSF) and Central Industrial Safety Power (CISF) are working on the behest of the BJP and urged the Election Fee to look into it and guarantee a degree enjoying area for all political events.
“The BJP is asking you to enrol names for Awas Yojna once more. Why will the names be enrolled once more? They need additional enrolment in order that they’ll chuck it off. You possibly can belief a toxic snake; you’ll be able to even pet it, however you’ll be able to by no means belief the BJP… The BJP is destroying the nation,” she mentioned.
Asserting that her celebration TMC is not going to bow earlier than the “risk of central businesses”, Banerjee urged girls in Cooch Behar to file police complaints if “there are situations of BSF torturing locals” forward of the polls, scheduled for April 19.
“The central investigating businesses, the NIA, Revenue Tax, BSF and CISF are working for the BJP. We’ll humbly plead to the Election Fee to make sure a degree enjoying area as central businesses are working for the saffron camp. The BJP is violating the MCC,” she mentioned.
The BJP solely “follows the precept of 1 nation, one celebration”, Mamata Banerjee claimed.
Whereas reiterating her refusal to implement the Citizenship Modification Act within the state, Banerjee mentioned that making use of for CAA would designate an applicant as a foreigner and suggested towards it.
Dubbing the BJP a “jumla” celebration, the TMC supremo accused the saffron celebration of “peddling lies” relating to the CAA.
“The CAA is a entice to show authorized residents into foreigners. When you (BJP) implement CAA, NRC will observe. We’d enable neither CAA nor NRC in West Bengal. For those who apply, you can be designated as foreigners,” Banerjee mentioned.
PM Modi responds to CM Mamata Banerjee in Cooch Behar
PM Modi on Thursday addressed a public rally in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar. On the rally PM Modi took a sarcastic jibe on the TMC authorities in Bengal and mentioned, “I wish to categorical gratitude to Mamata Didi. In 2019, I got here to this similar floor to handle a rally, on the time she obtained a platform constructed in the midst of this floor to make it smaller in measurement. On the time, I had mentioned that the general public would give a solution to this. At the moment, she didn’t do any such factor and I obtained the chance to fulfill you all.”
“I categorical my gratitude in direction of the Bengal govt for not creating any obstacles at this time.” PM Modi added.
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