Balurghat: Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (April 21) alleged that the second COVID-19 wave within the nation and its administration is a “Modi-made disaster”.
Addressing an election rally at Balurghat in Dakshin Dinajpur district, the TMC chief asserted that West Bengal can be run solely by a “Bengal engine government” and never by “Modi’s double-engine”.
“The second COVID wave is more intense. I would say this is a Modi-made disaster. There are no injections or oxygen. Vaccines and medicines are being shipped abroad even as there is a scarcity of these items in the country,” she informed the rally.
She claimed that this election is a battle to avoid wasting West Bengal and “protect the honour of the Bengali mother”.
“Our state will be run by a Bengal engine government and not by Modi’s double-engine government. We will not allow Gujarat to capture our state or run it from Delhi. Bengal will rule Bengal,” she mentioned.
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The time period “double-engine government” typically utilized by BJP leaders denotes the federal government of the identical occasion at the Centre and the state.
The TMC chief additionally urged folks to not vote for Left- Congress-ISF alliance candidates claiming that voting for them will strengthen the BJP’s hand.
Banerjee mentioned that the Centre had mentioned seven months in the past that the pandemic had subsided.
“Now, with elections underway in West Bengal, the BJP is bringing in people from other states and spreading the infection among the people here,” she mentioned.
She mentioned that her administration is discovering it troublesome to arrange secure properties as many authorities lodging are getting used to deal with central forces.
“We are finding it difficult to set up safe homes. Although we have increased the number of beds, I would suggest that patients who don’t have severe symptoms, please remain in home isolation,” Banerjee mentioned.
He additionally requested COVID sufferers with gentle signs to forged their votes after 6 pm.
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Banerjee claimed that the BJP is saying various things at totally different locations on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
She mentioned that refugees who’ve come to West Bengal have been given land rights.
“You are all citizens of the state. So don’t worry. I will act as a watchman,” she mentioned.
Banerjee mentioned that within the final 10 years, the TMC authorities has constructed roads, hospitals, bridges, stadia and an industrial centre in Dakshin Dinajpur district.
Elections to the 294-member state meeting are being held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29. Results can be introduced on May 2.
Meanwhile, India on Wednesday recorded 2,95,041 new coronavirus circumstances and a couple of,023 deaths within the final 24 hours, the very best ever because the pandemic broke out.
