Modi dubs Mamata 'Shahenshah', attacks Congress-Left tie-up

Kharagpur Going all guns blazing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dubbed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a Shahenshah raised the sting operation that showed a number of Trinamool Congress leaders allegedly accepting bundles of cash and called the CongressLeft Front poll adjustment a challenge to Bengali pride and wisdomModi held responsible the 34year Left Front rule followed by the fiveyear Trinamool regime for ruining Bengal and urged the people to give one opportunity to the Bharatiya Janata Party to turn the state around and take it to heights of developmentI have a threepoint agenda development fast paced development and allround development the prime minister said addressing his maiden election rally in the state ahead of the assembly pollsNarendra Modi File picHe said that while the industrial scene was bleak bombmaking factories thrived in villages with the Banerjee government giving a free run to the criminals in exchange for the miscreants ensuring votes for the ruling party during elections He launched a direct attack on Banerjee saying she no more cared for the stateFive years back I had been hearing of poriborton change I also thought change will come in West Bengal Change did come but it came in didis elder sister as Banerjee is affectionately called nature her motives her manner of work But Bengal did not experience any changeAs an opposition leader she used to fight on the streets But that Mamata didi changed so much that she does not care for anybody She has become a shahenshah Such a change is not desirable in democracy Modi said addressing a huge turnout in this town in West Midnapore districtModi also came down heavily on the Trinamool by referring to the Saradha chit fund scam and the purported sting operation carried out by the Narada News portal that showed several Trinamool leaders including former unions ministers current state ministers MPs allegedly taking moneyAsking the people whether they had voted the Trinamool to power in 2011 only to see them go neck deep in corruption the prime minister said First there was Saradha now Narada In Narada the entire leadership some even said when will you give the next instalmentDid you want such a poriborton That they will take bundles of notes before the camera This is your money this is the money of the janta janardan people which has been looted and is now been distributedDrawing a contrast with the BJPled National Democratic Alliance government at the centre Modi said I am also in power in Delhi for almost two years But has there been even one spot on us Has there been even one rupee of graftModi asserted he would rather prefer to go hungry than steal from peoples pockets Turning to the poll adjustment between the Congress and the Left Front the prime minister said that while the Congress and the Communists were fighting one another in Kerala they joined hands in BengalKerala me kushti aur Bengal me dosti they wrestle in Kerala but are friends in Bengal Is it not an insult to Bengali pride The Congress and the Communists have challenged Bengalis wisdom Bengalis will not pardon themRidiculing the parties for trying to keep their arrangement behind the curtains in Bengal Modi said if they had the guts they should have openly said they are opportunists who are only interested in capturing power and not bothered about Kerala or BengalHe said there was a time when Bengal was the leader in industrialisation But while the Left Front broke the back of the industries Banerjee has sent the state to the grave in this respectAccusing the Trinamool regime of betraying the peoples trust and backstabbing the peoples dreams he said it even tried to create hurdles in the implementation of the central schemes Modi said that while the Centre was paying a subsidy of Rs27 per kg for giving rice at a cheap rate to the poorer sections of the society Didi says I am giving it