Thursday, March 28, 2024

Modi slams Mamata for Cooch Behar violence: ‘She has stooped to this level’





Prime minister Narendra Modi has blamed Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress “goons” for violence in the fourth phase polls of Bengal assembly elections in which five people were reportedly killed by Saturday afternoon. 

Addressing a rally in Siliguri, Modi said: “What happened in Cooch Behar is very saddening. My sympathies are with the families of those who died, I condole their demise. Didi and her goons are perturbed, seeing the people’s support for BJP. She has stooped to this level as she can see her chair slipping away. Didi and TMC will not be allowed to run Bengal. I request Election Commission to take strict action against the accused of the incident in Cooch Behar.”

“Didi, this violence, tactics of instigating people to attack the Security Forces, the tactics of obstructing the polling process will not protect you. This violence can’t protect you from the 10 years of your ill-governance,” he added.

The Prime Minister further said, “It’s time to change the kind of political environment, that has been created in Bengal for the past several decades. ‘Tolabaaj mukt’ Bengal will be formed now. ‘Syndicate mukt’ Bengal will be formed now. ‘Cut money mukt’ Bengal will be formed now.”

The prime minister also mentioned the leaked video of Mamata Banerjee which is doing rounds in social media. “The thinking of Didi and TMC leaders is coming out in the open. A video is going viral on social media where a leader close to Didi can be seen insulting members of the SC community. She had said that the SC community in Bengal acts like beggars. Didi, such arrogance! Such thinking!”

Modi was referring to Trinamool Congress leader Sujata Mondal Khan who, while speaking to News 18 Bangla, remarked: “There is a saying that some are beggars by nature while others are beggars by circumstances. The Scheduled Castes here are beggars by nature.”

Mamata Banerjee meanwhile has blamed Central Forces for the deaths in Cooch Behar, a claim which seems to run against the version of events as narrated by the SP of the area. 

“Till 9.30 a.m, everything was fine (at the polling booth). One man, who had come to vote, fainted and his treatment was going on just across the booth. As rumour got spread, locals thought he was beaten by central forces. Some 300 men from the village then gathered and they tried snatching weapons from the CISF troops,” SP Debashish Dhar told reporters. 

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has adjourned the poll in the Sitalkuchi of Cooch Behar on Saturday after a BJP worker was murdered in the area. The poll body said, “Commission hereby orders adjourning the poll in PS 126 of Sitalkurchi AC, Cooch Behar based on interim report from Special Observers. Detailed reports are sought from them and CEO by 5 pm today.”

The first three phases of Bengal elections saw huge turnout on March 27, April 1 and April 6. The fourth phase is in progress today. The remaining four phases of Bengal are scheduled on April 17, 22, 26 and 29. The results are due on May 2. 

 


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