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Union Home Minister Amit Shah struck a bullish tone at a press meet in Kolkata on Friday, 6 November, attacking Mamata Banerjee’s TMC government over various issues and saying the Bharatiya Janata Party would form the government in the state with over 200 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Shah was speaking at the end of his two-day visit to West Bengal, to put in place the BJP’s election structure and strategy for the state elections in 2021.
A key line of attack by him on the current administration was his claim that the TMC government is corrupt and nepotistic, and seeks to appease minorities.
ANI reported him as saying:
In contrast, he said that the BJP’s aim would be to “build a strong Bengal in a new era of development,” PTI reported, and urged the people of the state to give the party a chance in the name of development.
Shah also took aim at the Mamata Banerjee government on law and order and political violence. “I want to ask Mamata Banerjee why the state crime data was not sent to National Crime Record Bureau after 2018,” he said, according to PTI, before adding that “Bengal tops the chart in political killings.”
Finally, he touched on one of the most sensitive issues in West Bengal politics, illegal immigration. “The borders in West Bengal are not secure, infiltration is going on in the state,” the BJP leader said, before adding that the party was committed to implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (the CAA), PTI reported.
(With inputs from PTI)
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