Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Saturday that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will appoint a “bhumiputra (son of the soil)” because the chief minister after it wins West Bengal and that he’ll attend the swearing-in ceremony, remarks that come in the backdrop of the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s criticism that the BJP is a celebration of “outsiders”.
At a rally in Sonarpur in South 24-Parganas district, he additionally sharpened his criticism of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that she’s going to lose the high-profile Nandigram seat and that she is planning to contest the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat after “sensing defeat” in Bengal. Modi, a two-term MP from Varanasi, harassed that the individuals in the traditional metropolis are large-hearted, although Banerjee would possibly discover them chanting Jai Shri Ram. The slogan has emerged as a bone of competition in the ballot season, with the BJP accusing the CM of objecting to its chanting on a lot of events.
“It is sure that Didi (as Banerjee is popularly called) is losing…when the BJP will form the government in Bengal, I will personally come here to attend the swearing-in ceremony. The next chief minister in Bengal will be a bhumiputra (son of the soil). I would like to tell government officials to prepare a list of beneficiaries of central schemes (in areas) where the voting is over in the first two phases so that there should not be any delay in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT),” he stated.
The BJP accuses the TMC of halting central schemes and depriving individuals of the advantages, whereas Banerjee’s celebration questions the opponent’s Bengali credentials and says voters won’t select a political outfit of “outsiders”. In what seems to be countermove, the BJP maintains a son of the soil will turn into chief minister if it wins the elections.
“Didi is now planning to contest the Lok Sabha elections (in 2024) from Varanasi. This clearly shows that Didi has accepted her defeat in Bengal…Didi is trying to find places for herself outside Bengal. Didi, just like the people of Bengal, the people of Kashi have big hearts and they won’t call you an outsider or a tourist.
“…but yes you may come across people and devotees chanting Jai Shri Ram, Har Har Mahadev…people with chotis and tilak. Didi, it is my earnest request that please don’t get irritated or angry with this…,” he stated, taking one other pot shot on the CM.
The Prime Minister repeated his argument that the TMC had deliberate to discipline Banerjee from a protected seat after realising that she’s going to lose Nandigram, the place she is contesting in opposition to her lieutentant-turned-aide Suvendu Adhikari, however added that the CM’s celebration understood that such a transfer could be counterproductive.
“…but there are some sensible people around her who suggested to her that if she contests from another seat, then it would be (a)…major mistake. They also suggested that if Didi loses both seats, then it will be difficult for the TMC to survive politically in Bengal,” he stated.
Earlier this week, after Modi took a dig at Banerjee by saying she was on the lookout for a protected seat, the chief minister exuded confidence that she’s going to win Nandigram and reminded the PM that “we are not your party members that we will do whatever you say”. Nandigram voted on April 1 in the second of the eight-phase polling course of.
Modi additionally described the TMC as “Taka Maar Company (party which swindles money)”, coming down closely on it over corruption costs. “Didi, the people of Bengal have given their verdict, and it is clear with the first two phases. They have decided that you have to leave Nabanna (state secretariat).”
