Kolkata, March 14: The TMC on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of building a “false narrative” about employment and the overall situation in West Bengal during his Brigade Parade Ground rally, alleging that he was acting as a BJP campaigner rather than the PM.
TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh told a press conference that while Modi claimed to have sanctioned thousands of crores for the state’s development, the Centre had actually withheld around Rs 2 lakh crore of dues to the state.
“While Modi has failed to attend Parliament and address MPs for days, he is attending BJP meetings and coming regularly to the state before elections. He is behaving more as a BJP campaigner than the PM of the country,” she claimed.
Minister Bratya Basu alleged that Modi’s repeated references to “infiltrators”, “Bangladeshis” and Rohingya were unsubstantiated claims.
“He failed to explain how many among the 58 lakh names missing from the electoral rolls were Rohingyas or Bangladeshis,” the education minister said, accusing the BJP of trying to polarise voters. (PTI)
