Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of stalling the Centre’s schemes in the poll-bound state. PM Modi said when the Centre made laws abolishing triple talaq and brought reforms to help farmers and help victims of cyclone Amphan, Mamata Banerjee stood like a wall to ensure benefits do not reach the state’s citizens. “In the last 10 years, Didi betrayed you in the name of development. She stood like a wall in front of development.
The Centre offered a facility of free healthcare up to Rs500,000, she became a wall. The Centre formed laws to help refugees, she opposed this too,” PM Modi said during a campaign rally in Asansol.
PM Modi also alleged accused Mamata Banerjee of not attending meetings organised by the central government. “Didi is so proud of herself that she thinks everybody else is beneath her. She did not attend the meetings where we discussed the Covid-19 situation. She also did not attend the NITI Aayog governance council meeting as well as the meeting to discuss the cleaning of the River Ganga. While other CMs make time for the meeting, Didi always has a reason to skip these meetings,” he said.
The Prime Minister also expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government after May 2. “Didi, May 2 is just a fortnight away. You cannot clean coal if you wash it,” he said. It was an oblique reference to the ongoing investigation into the coal mining scam in which Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee’s wife and in-laws along with the party’s youth leaders are being investigated by central agencies. He is also the nephew of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
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