PM accuses TMC of aiding infiltrators, calls for ending ‘maha jungle raj’ in Bengal

Singur (WB), Jan 18 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the TMC government of “playing with national security by aiding infiltrators" for vote-bank politics, and said it was necessary to end its “maha jungle raj” in West Bengal to pave the way for development and good governance.

Addressing a rally in Singur in Hooghly district, he alleged that the state government had "failed" to cooperate with the Centre on critical security measures, including border fencing.

“The TMC is playing with national security. They are trying to protect infiltrators because they consider them their vote bank,” the prime minister claimed.

He asserted that illegal immigrants living in the state by forging documents must be identified and sent back to their countries.

“For the last several years, the Centre has been writing to the TMC government seeking land for border fencing, but the state dispensation did nothing,” Modi alleged.

The prime minister also accused the TMC of "helping" groups that allegedly facilitate the settlement of infiltrators in Bengal, and asserted that a BJP government would “weed out illegal immigrants” from the state.

“Your vote to the BJP will help weeding out infiltrators from Bengal,” he told the rally, reiterating the party’s pitch for a “double-engine government” in the state.

Calling for a change of guard, the prime minister said it was essential to end the TMC’s “maha jungle raj” and bring a BJP government committed to good governance.

“Bengal must have a double-engine government of the BJP, as it will give a thrust to development,” he said.

Launching a sharp attack on the ruling party over the law-and-order situation in the state, Modi alleged that "rioters and the TMC’s 'syndicate raj' were enjoying a free run" in the state.

“A BJP government will end this. Industry and investments will come to Bengal only when the law-and-order situation improves,” he said.

Modi said people must vote to ensure that alleged incidents of land grabbing and rape in Sandeshkhali are not repeated and that teachers do not lose their jobs due to corruption. PTI PNT BDC