West Bengal Assembly polls is about "saving Bengal’s soul" - says PM Modi :::: "Threats are Trinamool’s political legacy. The world should see the atmosphere of fear they have created"

Quotes from PM Narendra Modi at Kolkata's Brigade Ground - 

He left Trinamool Congress leadership under blistering attack and panic. 

“The upcoming Assembly elections are not just about changing the government, but about saving Bengal’s soul. The demography of many areas of Bengal changed due to infiltration, turning Hindus into minorities…. 

The Trinamool opposed the granting of citizenship to Hindu refugees as it doesn’t consider them as its vote bank.”  

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“Every day they [Trinamool] find new excuses to attack constitutional bodies like the Election Commission. 

Whenever the issue of free and fair elections comes up, they go on attack mode. 

They raise questions the integrity of the body that is responsible for conducting free and fair elections. They raise similar questions on the country’s army too. 

When Balakot [surgical strikes] took place they had demanded evidence be produced.”

“They [Trinamool] have made Bengal insecure. 

Openly threats are being issued that a particular community will end your lives. 

Such words do not behove someone holding a constitutional post. Threats are the Trinamool’s political legacy. 

The world should see the atmosphere of fear that has been created in Bengal. 

They say anyone who does not vote for Trinamool is not a Bengali. I am reminding the Trinamool their days of intimidation are coming to an end. The countdown to Trinamool’s departure has started.”   

“Maha Jungle raj will come to an end now. 

From every corner of Bengal people demand the BJP to come to power. 

On Friday, the Trinamool called all of you thief. 

The people of Bengal know who the thief is really. The cruel government is using every means possible to save itself. They tried to stop your vehicles. They blocked roads and bridges. The cruel government can see they could not stop you. The rule of law will prevail now.”

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“The cruel government has cursed the youth of Bengal to flee from the state. 

Bengal’s youth are hard-working. The youth here are neither getting degrees nor jobs. 

The Trinamool is openly selling jobs. Time has come to change the situation. 

Bengal’s youth will now get jobs in their home state. This is Modi’s guarantee that their dream will come true. 

Trinamool does not do any work, nor does it allow anyone else to work. Without cut-money they do not allow the benefits of any central scheme to reach the grassroots.”  

“Wherever any criminal activity takes place the links can be traced to the Trinamool. Every attempt is made to save the perpetrators. People have not forgotten Sandeshkhali, RG Kar. 

Everybody has seen how Trinamool protects the criminals. The women are told to return home early, before the sun sets. Once the BJP comes to power, this will change. This is Modi’s guarantee.”

A panic stricken Trinamool leadership now says the "BJP goons" tried to kill a Trinamool Minister. This happened almost the same time PM Modi's rally was getting kickstarted in the historic and spacious Brigade Ground. 

Even the Leftists - known for die-hard anti-BJP politics - did not buy the line. Mohammed Salim, CPI-M state secretary, said - "Saying such things were motivated ... otherwise people almost forgot that minister's name".  

He also said -- two different factions of Trinamool Congress were responsible for the attack on the minister's house. 

This allegation may sound unique and unprecedented to many outside Bengal. But in West Bengal; the maverick chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had done these gimmicks more than once. In 2021 assembly elections, she contested for prestigious Nandigarm seat on a wheel-chair. The results came - she could become chief minister because the law does not prohibit a 'defeated' candidate becoming chief minister. 

She had lost Nandigram seat and as she took over reins again the wheel-chair also vanished.  

On another occasion, her party claimed she was hurt grievously inside her residence when she was pushed. But no one bothered to brief the media who 'pushed' the chief minister inside her residence. 

The drama may not work yet again.