Team News Riveting
Kolkata, February 22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee government on Monday and charged that it had perpetuated “syndicate raj” in all spheres of life in Bengal where no work could be done without paying “cut money.”
Castigating the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of pursuing “appeasement politics” to protect its vote bank while neglecting its cultural heritage and icons, Modi said once the BJP formed its government in Bengal, people would be able to preserve and protect their culture and nobody would be able to scare or suppress them.
“I have been told the house where Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay conceived and wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ is in an abysmal condition. The man who injected new life into the freedom struggle amid pervasive gloom of slavery…his house is a victim of neglect. It’s an insult to Bengali pride,” Modi said addressing a public rally here in Hooghly district.
He said there was no dearth of potential investors but the threat of the syndicate and cut money dissuaded them from investing in the state.
“The state government’s cut money culture has vitiated the atmosphere to such an extent that you cannot even take a house on rent without paying it. You cannot rent a house without the syndicate’s permission,” he said. He also accused the TMC government of neglecting industrial development, including the state’s once thriving jute industry.
“The people of West Bengal have made up their mind to usher in ‘asol poribartan’ (real change). The BJP will give Bengal a government that will ensure development of all but appeasement of none,” he asserted.
Repeatedly attacking the state government, Modi said, “Development of Bengal is not possible as long as cut money culture, tolabaji persists.
“Development of Bengal is not possible as long as the state administration patronises goondas, development of Bengal is not possible as long as the rule of law is not established.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the extension of Calcutta Metro Railway from Noapara to Dakshineswar, revered for the over 160-year-old temple of Goddess Kali. He virtually flagged off the inaugural train from Noapara to Dakshineswar in the 4.1-km stretch of the north- south corridor of the metro railway from here.
Modi also dedicated to the nation the third line between Kalaikunda and Jhargram, doubling of Azimganj to Khagraghat Road section, fourth line between Dankuni and Baruipara, and the third line between Rasulpur and Magra. He said the new lines will reduce congestion and ensure better connectivity.
The prime minister added that the metro railway extension will ensure easier and faster connectivity between the city’s Kalighat Temple and the Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
