Being back-to-back rallies, both in Bardhaman-Durgapur and Krishnanagar on May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his sharp criticisms to the ruling Trinamool Congress government (TMC) in West Bengal. Reaping the fruits of what the TMC is accused of rampant corruption and politics of appeasement, PM Modi let his words fall that Hindus became second-class people in the state.
PM Modi presented particular issues, like the mishandling of the Sandeshkhali affair in North 24 Parganas, which the wielders of power in the TMC were said to have defrauded. He was not satisfied with the leniency that the government of the state exhibited towards the main accused, Shajahan Sheikh, which had some pleasing motives behind it. The prime minister felt sad with the government taking half hearted steps against the perpetrators, despite their call for a strong action.
PM Modi sought to divert public attention from the reported TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s remarks in which he suggested “throwing Hindus in Bhagirathi River”, comparing the TMC (Trinamool Congress) government’s priorities to their countrymen’s. The PM asked whether appeasement (a practice of rewarding specific segments of the population at the cost of injustice to others. He blamed the TMC for deliberately targeting Hindus and proliferating hate speech as the members of the party spewed venom.
PM Modi deliberately raised doubts on the patrol conducted at Sandeshkhali recently, where arms, ammunition and homemade bombs were found, asking whether this was done in order to support the democratic set-up of West Bengal. The question implied by this remark was whether the recovery of arms had been arranged by the central agencies so as to lessen the ruling party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, as claimed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Banerjee had alleged that the arms and ammunition recovered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were planted by central agencies. She dismissed the raid as a politically motivated stunt aimed at discrediting her administration. Refuting the allegations, Banerjee insinuated that the weapons might have been planted by the CBI itself.
These exchanges reflect the escalating political tensions in West Bengal as the state braces for crucial elections. The war of words between the BJP and the TMC underscores the high-stakes nature of the electoral battle and the deep-rooted ideological divisions shaping the political landscape in the region.
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