Rajnath Singh: Alarming rise of communal incidents in TMC regime

Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday attacked the TMC government over the law and order situation in West Bengal and claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was now giving less time to the state as her eyes are fixed on forming a MahagathbandhanAlleging that communal incidents have risen alarmingly since the Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011 he claimed West Bengal is the only state besides Jammu and Kashmir where police personnel are being attackedWith the patronisation of goondaism what happened to sonar Bangla golden Bengal where presently neither maa manush nor maati appear to be safe anymore he claimedMaamaatimanush motherlandhuman is the slogan of the ruling Trinamool CongressHe claimed that Bengal has now become the frontrunner among the most economically backward states in India and in violent incidentsSingh claimed there had been an alarming rise in communal incidents in West Bengal in four yearsThe numbers of communal incidents in 2011 were 40 By 2014 they rose to 100 and by 2017 around 882 communal incidents were reported A total of 111 people have been killed in communal violence he saidIn Bengal nobody is safe not even police officials Singh claimedAlleging that BJP candidates had not been allowed to file nomination papers in the last panchayat polls in West Bengal he said here loktantra democracy is getting replaced by lathitantra goondaismThe Union minister asked BJP activists not to retaliate with violence following attacks on them but to note down the name of the attacker insteadOn the upcoming Global Business Summit in West Bengal he said in order to invite investors to the state the Trinamool Congress government needs to improve the law and order situationDescribing the Mahagathbandhan a proposed alliance of nonBJP opposition parties as directionless Singh said these parties had only one agenda and that was to oppose the BJP at the CentreAddressing a Ganatantra Bachao Rally here in Hooghly district Singh said Mamataji is giving less time to her state as her priorities are elsewhere on the MahagathbandhanHe also mocked Banerjee for trying to forge the alliance wondering who will run the vehicle who will put the brake or who will press the clutchIn a dig at Banerjee who is eyeing foreign investments in the upcoming summit he said For investment in the state you have to change the ground level law and order situation and create necessary environment for investmentHe said Mamataji you had promised to provide jobs to the unemployed youths of Bengal after coming to power What happened to that Why 55000 big small industrial units remain closed in the stateSingh said the TMC governments nonflexible antidevelopment and antipeople attitude is clear from its opposition to the smart city project and the Ayushman Bharat project of the CentreHe charged the TMC and the erstwhile CPIM governments with rise in infiltration across the IndoBangladesh border and patronising antinational elementsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever