Amit Shah counters Mamata’s "outsider" jibe, says next CM will be Bengali BJP leader

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her outsider jibe against the BJP asserting that the next Chief Minister of the state will be a BJP worker born and brought up in BengalExuding confidence in the BJPs victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections Amit Shah took a swipe at CM Mamata saying her nephew and TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee would not be in power after the declaration of resultsAddressing a press conference in Kolkata Shah said Bengals CM is spreading rumours that if the BJP comes to power in Bengal the outsiders will rule I want to tell Didi the next Chief Minister of Bengal will be someone who was born in Bengal educated in the Bengali medium and will be able to speak Bengali The only thing is that your nephew will not be there CM will be a BJP workerSlamming Mamata Banerjees women should not leave the house after 7 pm remark the BJP leader promised the safety of women in the stateHe said The formation of the government of the BJP in Bengal is of great importance Our first priority will be to provide security to the women of Bengal and to liberate them from fear The state where the female CM asks about the need for women to leave the house after 7 oclock I believe she has no right to rule Today I want to assure the mothers and sisters of Bengal that on the 5th after the government of the BJP is formed even at 1 oclock at night a young girl will leave with a scooter no goon will be able to look at herShah also said the BJP has fielded victims of alleged crimes in Bengal to ensure their voices are represented in the AssemblyWe have made the mother of RG Kar incidents victim and the victim of the Sandeshkhali candidates in the elections The victims of the TMC goons will sit in the assembly and make the rules of strict administration against the goons I think there will be a big change in the coming days Shah addedThe BJP has fielded Ratna Debnath mother of the RG Kar rape case victim from the Panihati Assembly constituencySlamming the TMC government for corruption and syndicate allegations he said that the BJP government will ensure that the corrupt are punishedAfter the formation of the BJP government traders will not have to give any Bhatija Tax or Bhaipo Tax We will end the syndicate The administration that has been politicised and criminalised has become a kind of demon We will liberate the people of Bengal from this demon he saidThe BJP leader added There has been no collective effort for modern agriculture in Bengal for the last 50 years In the coming days we have decided that for the happiness of the farmers we will build large research centres for all the traditional crops here Mamata Banerjee has done the work of institutionalising corruption Through more than 30 cases of fraud more than Rs 10000 crores of corruption have taken place in Bengal Our government will definitely provide a corruptionfree transparent administration But for those who have committed corruption we will issue a white paper against them and we will get all the allegations of corruption investigated by a retired judge of the Supreme Court We will make sure that the corrupt are punished severely so that for many years to come no one here will have the courage to commit corruptionAmit Shah also noted that Phase I of the West Bengal polls was completed in a peaceful manner without a single death toll as compared to previous yearsHe said In the 2016 elections 1278 people were injured In the 2021 elections 1681 people were injured In the 2023 panchayat elections 664 people were injured And in the 2024 general elections 761 people were injured In comparison to that yesterday fewer than 30 people were injured This shows that by and large the elections were held in a peaceful manner There was not a single death toll The fact that this election has been held in such a way is a sign of a change in the government of the BJPAppealing to voters in the second phase he said that Anga Banga and Kalinga representing the modernday Bihar West Bengal and Odisha will all have a BJP governmentHe said I am confident that in the second phase there will be more enthusiasm Now it is also the responsibility of the voters in the second phase to move forward in this era of change After May 5 Anga Banga and Kalinga all three places will be ruled by the BJP and the lotus And I believe that this is a good sign for our entire East IndiaThe polling for Phase I of the Assembly elections concluded at 6 pm on Thursday with West Bengal recording a significantly higher voter turnout of 9178 per cent according to the Election Commission of India The high turnout figures underline an active electoral exercise as polling drew to a close amid tight security arrangements across constituenciesThe polling for the second phase will be held on April 29 with counting of votes scheduled for May 4This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no 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