The Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Saturday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing a rally in Kolkata, and said that he will go to all districts of the state to uproot the TMC.
The Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Saturday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing a rally in Kolkata, and said that he will go to all districts of the state to uproot the TMC.
Attacking Mamata over the NRC issue, Shah asked why Mamata Banerjee is protecting Bangladeshi infiltrators. He also alleged that Rahul Gandhi was not clarifying his stand on the issue because of Congress' vote-bank politics.
"For us, country first comes, before vote bank. Oppose us as much as you want but we will not stall the process of NRC," he said.
Stating that the infiltration is on in West Bengal under TMC rule, Shah said, "NRC is only way to stop it. We will complete NRC process and identify all infiltrators."
Claiming that the signals of all Bengali channels were lowered so that people will not be able to watch his rally, Shah said, "Even if you try to suppress our voices, we will go to every district of Bengal and throw TMC out,"
Shah's rally comes over a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Midnapore rally.
Mamata Banerjee has been consistently disapproving the latest NRC draft. Accusing the BJP of vendetta politics, she had said that the party was targeting people in the wake of general elections scheduled in 2019. She has also accused the BJP of conspiracy against minorities.
On Friday, posters asking the BJP to “leave Bengal” were seen in and around the venue of the rally in the central part of the city.
The state BJP unit alleged that the placards with messages - “BJP, leave Bengal” and “anti-Bengal BJP go back” - were put up by Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres, a charge denied by the ruling party.
14:14 IST Saturday, 11 August 2018
Amit Shah addresses rally in Kolkata
► All Mamata ji has done, is to object against #NRC. But NRC is the process to throw illegal immigrants out. Shouldn't Bangladeshi immigrants be thrown out?
► Mamata didi, Congress leaders, kindly specify are you with the country or only for vote bank politics. "I want to ask you people, aren't Bangladeshi infiltrators a threat to India?."
► For us, country first comes, before vote bank. Oppose us as much as you want but we will not stall the process of NRC
► Signals of all Bengali channels have been lowered so that people will not be able to watch us. But even if you try to suppress our voices, we will go to every district of Bengal and throw TMC out
► Earlier we used to hear the sound of 'Rabindra Sangeet' everyday in Bengal but now you hear only the sound of bomb explosions here
12:39 IST Saturday, 11 August 2018
"The tides are set to turn towards good governance in Bengal as Mayo Rd is all decked up with a huge gathering of @BJYM karyakartas for "Cholo Kolkata" rally with Hon. BJP President Shri @AmitShah ji," Tweeted Poonam Mahajan.
12:15 IST Saturday, 11 August 2018
Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata
12:15 IST Saturday, 11 August 2018
12:44 IST Saturday, 11 August 2018
Posters asking the BJP to “leave Bengal”
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