Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on Monday that public enthusiasm over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s campaign programmes this time, ahead of the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal later this month, gives a clear indication that the 15-year Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal is nearing its end.
“The inevitable farewell of Mamata Banerjee as the Chief Minister of West Bengal is evident from the public enthusiasm of the people of West Bengal this time. The people of West Bengal are now tired of hooliganism, extortion, and corruption unleashed by the ruling Trinamool Congress. That is why the people of West Bengal will press the electronic voting machine buttons this time to regain their democratic rights. The women of West Bengal will be safe under the rule of the BJP. On May 4, it will be clear that the majority of people in West Bengal are with the BJP,” Nadda said while speaking on the sidelines of a roadshow in Murshidabad district on Monday.
Meanwhile, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, while addressing a campaign rally at Kulti in West Burdwan district of West Bengal on Monday, said the situation in West Bengal will become worse if the Trinamool Congress returns to power for the fourth consecutive term after the elections.
“The election this year is very crucial. The situation and perspective in West Bengal had already changed over 34 years of Left Front rule first, and then over the last 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule. But a mistake in choice this time will not be able to save West Bengal. The situation here will be worse than what is currently prevailing in neighbouring Bangladesh,” Reddy said.
He also said that the coal mafia syndicates in West Bengal have more control over the coal reserves in the state than Coal India Limited.
“I am an MP from Hyderabad. Many investors come to us with proposals and inquiries. All of them say that they do not want to invest in West Bengal out of fear of extortion and law-and-order concerns,” Reddy said.
–IANS
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