New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a rally in Brigade Parade Ground took a jibe at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. PM Modi said, ' Some days back, when you (Mamata Banerjee) rode a scooty, everyone was praying that you are not hurt. It is good that you didn't fall, otherwise, you would have made enemy the state where the scooty was manufactured. Your (Mamata Banerjee's) scooty took a turn towards Nandigram instead of going to Bhawanipore. Didi, I wish everyone well and don't want anyone hurt. But what can I do if the scooty is destined to fall in Nandigram?, PM Narendra Modi further added. “Bengal relied on Mamata didi for change. But didi and her cadre broke this trust. These people broke the trust of Bengal. These people insulted Bengal and tortured the sisters and daughters here. But these people could not break the hope and courage of the people in the state,” he said. Watch what PM Modi said: https://twitter.com/i/status/1368501756598968321 “The dream of ‘Sonar Bangla’ will be fulfilled. I have come here today to assure you of Bengal’s development, to increase investment here, to protect Bengal’s culture and to bring change,” he added. “In this Assembly elections, there are TMC, Left and Congress, and their anti-Bengal attitude on one side. On the other side, there are people of Bengal,” PM Modi said further. The Prime Minister started his speech with slogans of Vande Matram and Bharat Mata ki Jai. https://twitter.com/i/status/1368506097267449858 “I have had the privilege of addressing hundreds of rallies in political life, but in such a long tenure I have never been blessed with such a mass of people. During my helicopter ride, I saw people rushing towards Brigade Ground,” he said. “This land of Bengal has given energy to our values. This land of Bengal given a new life in the freedom movement of India. This land of Bengal increased India’s pride in the science of knowledge,” he said. “This Brigade Parade Ground has been witness to many great leaders and also witnessed those who have disrupted West Bengal’s progress. People of Bengal never left their hopes for change. Kolkata and Bengal are very important places of inspiration for India. The slogan ‘Brigade Chalo’ has been echoed many times in the Brigade Ground in the past decades. This ground has seen many patriots,” he added. https://twitter.com/i/status/1368506260748787719 Attacking the TMC further, PM Modi said the Brigade Parade Ground has also seen the policies and conspiracies of those who put the land of Bengal round the clock and strike in a bandh. West Bengal will witness Assembly election in eight phases starting from March 27 and polling for the last phase will take place on April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1368501596640792579 After winning 3 seats in the 2016 Assembly election in West Bengal, the BJP made deep inroads in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections winning 18 seats and reducing TMC’s tally to 22. Out of the total 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Congress won two seats, the Left drew a blank.
