BJP will come to power in Bengal: Manik Saha

Kolkata, April 8: Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of not giving democratic space to political opponents Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Saturday claimed that BJP will come to power in the state in the coming days to usher in a peaceful, transparent and development-oriented regime.
Saha speaking at a felicitation programme organised by the BJP having the theme ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ at the National Library here said a double-engine government can propel the growth of a state in a federal structure, more if the governments at the Centre and state are helmed by the same party.
He urged the people of Bengal to go for this model.
Saha said while coming from the airport he could see flags and flexes of only the TMC. This shows that the TMC does not want to give any democratic space to the other opposition parties.
You may not allow BJP flags but the saffron party has captured the imagination of common people who believe in the development and growth mantra of BJP, the ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ concept enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Tripura CM said.
“Didi the word of democracy sounds out of place when you utter this word. Everyone knows what is the situation in Bengal. How thousands of BJP karyakartas were attacked, beaten up, their houses looted, and made to flee from homes and how many were murdered and raped after the assembly elections here (in 2021). Your regime had only been marked by clashes, bombing and murders. There has to be an end to this which will happen. After Tripura, Bengal will be the next state in the region where this will happen. After counting of votes, counting of notes succeeded in Bengal. Heavyweight (TMC) politicians, whose swagger and intimidatory tactics are used to create an aura of invincibility and fear among the people are currently behind bars one after another caught in big scams,” he said. (PTI)