Monday, May 13, 2024 09:30 [IST]
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KOLKATA, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lambasted the Congress, Left
and Trinamool Congress for having deteriorated West Bengal’s condition by
"looting" it for years.
The PM accused the opposition parties of plundering the
state’s wealth for their own benefit and highlighted the significance of the
2024 elections for Bengal's development.
"If you combine the ancestral politics of Congress
and torture of the Left parties, then Trinamool Congress is formed. Howrah was
once a thriving industrial belt of West Bengal. First, the Left and then
Trinamool drove the industrialists out from here. Everything is under the
control of Trinamool Congress-pampered extortionists," said Prime Minister
Modi while addressing an election meeting in Howrah Lok Sabha constituency in
support of BJP candidate Rathin Chakraborty.
He mentioned that the leaders of Trinamool Congress are
engaged in plotting violence and the goons backed by the ruling party are
forcefully grabbing land in various parts of the state.
"All this is happening because of the direct
encouragement of the state government. The common syndrome of all allies of the
opposition INDI Alliance is corruption. Trinamool Congress is a force which
pampers corruption openly," the Prime Minister said.
He also accused Trinamool Congress of having a direct
involvement in the state’s lottery scam.
"Time has come now for the people of West Bengal to
punish the Trinamool Congress. I am sure you will punish them and uproot them
totally. Trinamool Congress is still batting in favour of the Sandeshkhali
accused and is engaged in a competition of appeasement with the Congress
party," stated PM Modi.
The Prime Minister said that he has been able to change
the traditional political approach where parties and leaders used to forget the
common people after getting elected.
“Previously the parties and leaders used to forget the
common people after getting elected. They even refused to recognise the voters.
But, I have been able to change this approach to a great extent," he
mentioned.
"Today, the BJP government at the Centre is reaching
the doorstep of every citizen of the country. And that is why, crores of people
of Bengal are getting free ration so that no poor mother is forced to see her
children hungry," added PM Modi.