Maa Durga is with BJP-NDA, TMC will not be spared: PM Modi in Kolkata

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) during a rally in Kolkata on Saturday. During his address, PM Modi accused the party of bringing “jungle raj” to West Bengal and added that a political change in the state was imminent.

Addressing the gathering in Kolkata, PM Modi said, "The TMC government has only one agenda. These TMC people neither work themselves nor let others work. Until they get their cut of the money, they don't let any scheme reach the villages or the poor. That's why the TMC government keeps blocking the central government's schemes... To provide free electricity to the countrymen, we have launched the PM Suryaghar Free Electricity Scheme. The BJP-led central government provides 75 to 80 thousand rupees to every beneficiary for this purpose. The beneficiary who joins this scheme gets their household electricity bill reduced to zero. However, the Bengal government is not allowing even this to be implemented..."

He continued to add, "First Congress, then the Communists, and now TMC — they kept coming one after another, filling their own pockets while development in Bengal remained stalled. In terms of infrastructure, Bengal kept falling behind. Industries shut down and businesses collapsed. Under the TMC government, jobs are being openly sold. Now the time has come to change this situation and ensure that the youth of Bengal get opportunities and employment in Bengal itself..."

"... Once, Bengal used to set the pace for the whole of India; Bengal was at the forefront in trade and industries. But today, the youth here are neither able to obtain degrees nor are they able to find employment. Your sons and daughters have to migrate to other states in search of work...," said PM Modi.

PM Modi further said, "The Bengal envisioned by all great luminaries such as Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Swami Vivekananda, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Rishi Bankimchandra, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Khudiram Bose, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. The BJP government will build that Bengal, will reconstruct it..."

He added, "The countdown has begun for those who brought jungle raj to Bengal. The day is not far when the rule of law will return to Bengal. Whoever breaks the law will not be spared, and the atrocities of TMC will not be spared. No matter how much this ruthless government tries now, it will not be able to stop this storm of change. Maa Durga is with BJP-NDA..."

Further targeting the govt, PM said, "Even today, the ruthless government has pulled out all its weapons to stop this gathering. To prevent you all from coming, they had bridges closed, vehicles stopped, traffic jammed, BJP flags uprooted, and posters torn down. But the ruthless government, take a clear look: you could not stop today's sea of people..."