KOLKATA, Dec 26: Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of risking national security by protecting infiltrators for vote bank politics and asserted the BJP will win more than 35 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the 2024 polls.
Addressing a meeting of the state BJP’s social media and IT wing members, Shah launched a sharp attack on the TMC government, alleging that “cut money” collected from the state is used to buy palatial mansions in foreign countries but the same people move around here in slippers, party sources said.
People will no longer be hoodwinked by these optics and seek accountability for the Trinamool Congress government’s work, he said.
In a swipe at Mahua Moitra without naming her, Shah alleged she shared her Parliament portal password with businessmen in exchange for gifts but the chief minister defended her.
How many questions were about the poor in Bengal, he asked, adding that TMC MPs do not do so because they will not receive expensive gifts for this.
The sources said Shah also flayed TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee for mimicking Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, saying such a conduct does not behove a lawmaker.
“Didi (CM Mamata Banerjee) has put national security at stake for her vote bank politics by keeping the international borders open. And the infiltrators vote for her,” a BJP leader in the meeting said, quoting Shah.
Noting that Bengal used to lead the nation in every aspect, Shah claimed that it is now known for its cut money, syndicate, infiltration, dyanstic politics and bomb blasts.
Stacks of currency notes worth Rs 50 crore have been recovered from TMC leaders, including a minister, but Banerjee calls him soldiers of her party, he said, according to the sources.
Expressing confidence that the BJP will win over 35 seats, he exhorted party workers to ensure its victory and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make the land of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a founding ideologue of the party, “Sonar Bangla”. (PTI)
