Urging folks not to vote for “trigger-happy BJP”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the tragedy in Cooch Behar was the “result of a conspiracy” hatched by the saffron social gathering to intimidate voters. Amid polling for the fourth part of elections on Saturday, 4 individuals died in Sitalkuchi space of Cooch Behar when CISF personnel opened hearth allegedly after coming beneath assault from locals, who “attempted to snatch their rifles”, the police had mentioned.
The TMC supremo, who addressed three rallies in Jalpaiguri district in the course of the day, additionally said that BJP leaders, who’ve come out in help of the central forces, ought to sit again and mirror if they might have had the identical stance if somebody of their households met with a related destiny. “I have video footage that shows some BJP leaders are speaking in favour of the central forces after the firing incident. You (BJP leaders) don’t feel sad if sons die in other families. What if it had happened to someone in your family,” Banerjee mentioned in Rajganj.
Hitting out on the accused CISF personnel, she mentioned, “If you think someone is causing nuisance, speak to him, you also have lathis. How can you suddenly point your gun at the torso and neck of voters?” Describing the incident as “murder of democracy”, Banerjee identified that the EC has stopped her and different politicians from visiting Sitalkuchi for 72 hours on the “behest of the BJP”. “You can stop me from visit Sitalkuchi or for that matter any other place, but I will find a way out to be on the side of the distressed people.” She asserted that “for every bullet, reply will be given in votes”.
“Come out in larger numbers to cast your vote, exercise your democratic rights to defeat the trigger-happy BJP. The Cooch Behar incident was a result of a conspiracy hatched by the saffron camp,” the chief minister mentioned throughout her handle in Nagrakota. Accusing the BJP of failing to ship on its promise to re-open tea gardens that had to shut store due to paucity of funds, Banerjee mentioned the saffron social gathering has at all times deceived widespread folks.
“In sharp contrast, the TMC dispensation has undertaken many development projects in Jalpaiguri to boost its agriculture and tourism sectors. It has built a stadium in the district, and ensured that the social welfare schemes launched by the government benefits everyone in the region,” she inisited. Banerjee, who wore a black scarf to condemn the Cooch Behar incident, paid floral tribute to these killed within the firing at a makeshift memorial constructed subsequent to the stage in Nagrakota.
At Chalsa, she promised ration and Rs 500 for each family and Rs 1,000 month-to-month allowance for the backward caste households. She additional mentioned that the TMC, if re-elected to energy, will launch a state-sponsored bank card scheme for college kids keen to pursue greater training.
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