The railway minister alleged that CPI(M) cadres were killing Trinamool Congress workers in Jangalmahal to retain the 42 seats in the area.
Trinamool Congress (TC) chief Mamata Banerjee today said her party favours peace through development in tribal Jangalmahal area of West Bengal and demanded withdrawal of the joint forces from there.
"Peace cannot come from the barrel of a gun but only through development ... Let the joint force go back," she told a public meeting in Bankura after signing an MoU with NTPC for setting up a captive power plant at Adra and laying the foundation of a midlife coach rehabilitation plant of the Railways at Anara in neighbouring Purulia district.
"CPI(M) is using a section of the joint force to do whatever it likes in the area and is also sending goons to intimidate the opposition. I have brought the situation in Jangalmahal to the notice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union home minister P Chidamabaram," Banerjee claimed.
She said the CPI(M) would find during the assembly elections next year that the people of Jangalmahal, which comprise the tribal areas of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts, are not with it.
"How many armed goons does the CPI(M) have ? One lakh, two lakhs ? There are ten crore people in West Bengal. They will give you a fitting reply.
"I will oust CPI(M) politically from Bengal. I promise I will," she said.
The railway minister alleged that CPI(M) cadres were killing TC workers in Jangalmahal to retain the 42 seats in the area.
If voted to power, she said her party would address various demands of the state police force.
Accusing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of using "intemperate language" against her and TC at a rally here yesterday, Banerjee said, "I could have used equally bad language against him but I will not, as I believe in political retaliation and not a duel of bad language."
Bhattacharjee had called her a 'liar' and TC a 'party of liars'.
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