Calls for ending ‘Maha Jungle Raj’
SINGUR (WB), Jan 18 :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday charged the TMC Government with “playing with national security by protecting infiltrators” for vote-bank politics, and said ending the ruling party’s “maha jungle raj” was vital to restore law and order, development and investor confidence in the State.
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With the state assembly polls a few months away, Modi framed the electoral contest as one between “maha- jungle raj and good governance” and urged voters to back the BJP’s “double-engine Government” model.
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Addressing a rally at Singur in Hooghly district, a place etched in Bengal’s political memory for the 2008 agitation by the TMC against land acquisition that forced Tata Motors to pull out its small car project, he said infiltrators, who had settled in the state using forged documents, must be identified and sent back.
“The TMC is playing with national security. They are trying to protect infiltrators because they consider them their vote bank,” Modi said, alleging that illegal immigrants along Bengal’s borders had been allowed to flourish under the “State Government’s watch”.
The Prime Minister also said, “Border fencing has been stalled for years. Fake documents are being made. It is time to stop infiltration completely and identify and send back those who entered with forged papers. The BJP government will do it.”
Modi accused the TMC Government of stonewalling critical security measures, saying that for the last several years, “the Centre has been writing to the state Government seeking land for fencing, but nothing has been done”.
“The TMC can go to any extent to protect infiltrators by giving them shelter and creating fake documents,” Modi said, urging voters to back the BJP to “secure borders, restore law and order and put Bengal back on the path of growth”.
Calling for a change of guard, the Prime Minister said it was essential to oust the TMC’s “maha jungle raj” and bring in a BJP Government committed to good governance.
“Shouldn’t the TMC Government be punished for acting against the interests of the people of Bengal?” he asked, asserting that voters across the country were increasingly punishing governments that blocked development and welfare delivery.
Drawing a parallel with the erstwhile AAP regime in New Delhi, Modi said a government there had earlier stalled central schemes but was voted out.
“Today, Ayushman Bharat is benefiting the poor there. The people of Bengal have also decided to teach the TMC a lesson so that a BJP Government is formed and Ayushman Bharat is implemented here,” he said.
The Prime Minister alleged that rioters, syndicates and mafia enjoyed a “free run in Bengal under the TMC rule.
“Industry and investment will come only when law and order improves. Syndicate tax and mafia rule will end only under the BJP. This is Modi’s guarantee,” he said.
Modi also said voters must ensure that alleged incidents of land grabbing and rape in Sandeshkhali are not repeated and that teachers do not lose their jobs due to corruption.
“Rape of college students, violence and corruption in education will stop only when the BJP comes to power,” he said, alleging that the education system was “controlled by mafia”.
Returning to Singur’s symbolism, Modi said Bengal’s industrial decline was rooted in the politics of agitation and syndicates.
“The smallest of TMC leaders have begun considering themselves local fiefdom owners,” he alleged, reiterating that a BJP Government would end syndicate raj and mafia rule.
Accusing the TMC of being “enemies of women, youth and farmers”, Modi claimed that daughters were unsafe and the future of Bengal’s youth was being compromised. “Women and youth must raise their voices. Under the TMC’s rule, education is ruined by corruption,” he said.
He also alleged that the TMC Government was deliberately blocking central schemes out of political hostility. “I constantly strive to serve Bengal’s youth, farmers, mothers and sisters, but the TMC government does not allow central schemes to reach you. If they have a problem with Modi or the BJP, that is understandable. But they are taking revenge on the people of Bengal,” he claimed. (PTI)
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