Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually addressed a public rally in West Bengal’s Nadia district after low visibility due to fog prevented his helicopter from landing. Pitching the BJP as the engine of development for the state, PM Modi urged voters in the poll-bound state to give the party a chance to form a “double-engine government” in Bengal.In his first virtual rally of the day, PM Modi launched a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress, alleging that infiltrators were enjoying the party’s “patronage” and accusing it of obstructing Bengal’s development for political reasons.The Prime Minister said opposition to him or the BJP should not come at the cost of the state’s progress, stressing that Bengal’s development must not be stalled due to partisan politics.
Here are the top quotes from PM Modi’s virtual address
- “The TMC wants to oppose the BJP. Let them oppose us as fiercely as they want. But why should Bengal’s development be stopped? You may oppose Modi, but do not make the people of Bengal unhappy. Do not deprive them of their rights.”
- “Our attempts aim to ensure modern connectivity to Bengal’s remote and far-flung regions that have suffered for years on account of backwardness.”
- “The Left destroyed Tripura during its three decades of rule. Today, after embracing the BJP, the state is developing rapidly.”
- “Infiltrators enjoy TMC’s patronage in Bengal.”
- “Bihar has once again given a massive mandate for development. It has rejected ‘jungle raj’ with one voice, and this has opened the doors for the BJP’s victory in Bengal as well.”
- “We will end TMC’s ‘maha jungle raj’ in Bengal, where corruption, nepotism and appeasement politics are ruling the roost.”
- “Let TMC oppose me and the BJP as much as it wants, but Bengal’s progress should not be stopped.”
- “Bengal is falling behind on the development graph compared to BJP-ruled Tripura, which is striding ahead.”
