Accusing the BJP and the RSS of carrying out a campaign to spread canards against the West Bengal government, the TMC on Sunday accused both of trying to “polarise” voters in the state ahead of the As
Accusing the BJP and the RSS of carrying out a campaign to spread canards against the West Bengal government, the TMC on Sunday accused both of trying to “polarise” voters in the state ahead of the Assembly elections.
“A few days ago there were posters saying — Mamata ‘Nero’, ‘Bengal Burning’ — put up in some parts of central Delhi. There were similar campaigns on the social media too...There are about a 100 days to go for the Bengal elections. The BJP and RSS are trying to spread canards to divert the attention from the good governance done in five years,” TMC spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien said.
The TMC leader said such a campaign was “being manufactured and carried out by BJP and RSS to polarise the voters.” The campaign was being carried out especially after the Malda incident, he alleged.
The BJP has accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government of playing vote bank politics and having “compassion for criminals.” It also accused the state government of protecting those involved in the Malda violence, which it alleged posed a threat to national security. The TMC has, however, accused the BJP of spreading “communal venom” ahead of the state Assembly polls this year. On January 3, a mob had set a police station and several vehicles on fire in Kaliachak area of Malda district in protest against an alleged hate speech by a right-wing leader.
Stepping up the heat on the TMC government over the incident, a BJP delegation had on Saturday met the President and submitted a memorandum, urging him to seek a report from the governor on the issue. Earlier, the BJP’s fact-finding team was stopped from entering violence-hit Kaliachak.
