Mamata Banerjee slams Centre over Cooch Behar firing

BJP tried to Influence voters for Cooch Behar firing

The TMC chief, who addressed three demonstrations in Jalpaiguri on Sunday, also claimed that BJP leaders who have come out in support of the central forces, “should reflect” on their stance.

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Rajganj / Nagrakota / Chalsa: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people not to vote for a “trigger-happy BJP” and claimed on Sunday that the deaths in Cooch Behar were the “result of a conspiracy” hatched by the saffron party to intimidate voters.

Amid polls for the fourth phase of Saturday’s elections, four people were killed in the Sitalkuchi area of ​​Cooch Behar district when CISF personnel allegedly opened fire after being attacked by locals, who “attempted to seize their rifles. “, the police had said.

The TMC chief, who addressed three demonstrations in the Jalpaiguri district during the day, also stated that the BJP leaders who have come out in support of the central forces, “should sit back and reflect if they would have taken the same stance if someone of their families met a similar fate. ”

“I have video footage showing that some BJP leaders are speaking out in favor of the central forces after the firing incident. You (the BJP leaders) do not feel sad if children die in other families.” Banerjee said in Rajganj.

Hitting the accused CISF staff, he said: “If you think someone is causing a nuisance, talk to him, you also have lathis. How can you suddenly point your gun at the torso and neck of the voters?”

Describing the incident as a “murder of democracy”, Banerjee noted that the EC has prevented her and other politicians from visiting Sitalkuchi for 72 hours at “the urging of the BJP.”

“You can prevent me from visiting Sitalkuchi or anywhere else, but I will find a way out to be on the side of distressed people.”
He stated that “for each vignette, the answer will be given in votes.”

“Come out in greater numbers to cast your vote, exercise your democratic rights to defeat the trigger-happy BJP. The Cooch Behar incident was the result of a conspiracy hatched by the saffron camp,” the chief minister said during her speech at Nagrakota.

Accusing the BJP of failing to deliver on its promise to reopen tea gardens that had to close due to funding shortages, Banerjee said the saffron festival has always misled ordinary people.

“In stark contrast, TMC dispensation has undertaken many development projects in Jalpaiguri to boost its agricultural and tourism sectors. It has built a stadium in the district and ensured that the social welfare plans launched by the government benefit everyone in the region. “he added. she started.

Banerjee, who wore a black scarf to condemn the Cooch Behar incident, paid a floral tribute to those killed in the shooting at a makeshift memorial built next to the stage in Nagrakota.

In Chalsa, he promised ration and Rs 500 for each household and a monthly allowance of Rs 1000 for backward caste families.

In addition, he said that the TMC, if re-elected to power, will launch a state-sponsored credit card scheme for students who wish to pursue higher education.

Later that day, he toured the Purba Bardhaman district.

The TMC supremo, still confined to a wheelchair due to the injuries she sustained last month, greeted thousands of people who descended the GT road to greet her.

Supporters of his party chanted ‘Mamata Banerjee Zindabad’ and ‘BJP hatao, desh bnachao’ (kick out the BJP, save the country) as the roadshow crept through the busy streets of the city of Bardhaman.

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