Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chairman JP Nadda addressed a state executive meeting of the party’s West Bengal unit on Thursday via video conference, attacking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and calling her a ‘barrier’ between the people of the state and ‘good plans for the needy’.
“Mamata I did it becomes a barrier between the people of Bengal and good plans for those in need, ”said the BJP chief, adding that Ayushman Bharat, a five-rupee lakh crore coverage for the poor, provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it has not been received by 4.57 crore eligible people in West Bengal.
Nadda further accused the state Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of appeasing minorities, noting that while a blockade was imposed on West Bengal on August 5, the day the foundation stone of the Ram Mandir was laid in Ayodhya, there was no blockade on July 31st, at the Bakrid festival.
Speaking about the alleged killings of BJP workers in West Bengal, Nadda said: “More than 100 workers from our party have been killed here. If this is not jungle raj, So what is it? But the ‘champions of democracy’ sitting in Delhi will not say a word about this. “
The BJP leader also accused TMC leaders and the ‘earth mafia’ of being behind the recent vandalism incident at Visva Bharati University.
On the success of the Saffron party in West Bengal in last year’s Lok Sabha polls, Nadda said: “In 2011, we had a 2% share of the vote in Bengal with four seats. In 2014 we won two seats, but the percentage of votes increased to 18%. In 2019, we obtained a 40% vote share. We have to continue at the same speed and in the next elections we have to defeat the TMC ”.
The West Bengal assembly elections are scheduled for next year. The BJP, encouraged by its performance in the Lok Sabha polls, seeks to unseat the TMC government of CM Mamata, in power for two consecutive terms since 2011, and form the first BJP government in the state.
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