PM Modi slams TMC in Bengal, alleges ‘criminal-run’ government

PM Narendra Modi during a public meeting for West Bengal Assembly elections, at Bongaon in North 24 Parganas. PIC/X/@narendramodi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged the TMC-led government in West Bengal is not run from the state secretariat but by the goons and criminals sheltered by the party.

Addressing his second poll rally of the day in the Haripal area of Arambag in Hooghly district, a day before the poll campaign ends, he said the TMC's "dependence on anti-social elements" to run the government's show often forces the Calcutta High Court or the Supreme Court to intervene and bring it back on track.

"The TMC's ‘nirmam (cruel) sarkar' doesn't run from the Nabanna (state secretariat). It is run by goons and criminals, requiring the intervention of the high court and the country's apex court to bring the government back on track," Modi said.

He promised that the first Cabinet meeting of a BJP government in the state will give its nod to the implementation of the Centre's flagship health insurance programme, Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.

He accused the TMC of "sheltering goons who torture women", and said the BJP giving poll tickets to Sandeshkhali's Rekha Patra and the mother of the R G Kar victim is proof of the party's commitment to ensuring women's security.

Modi also said all refugees who took shelter in India following religious persecution in the neighbouring nation will be granted citizenship through procedures outlined under the Citizenship Amendment Act.

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