Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, 20 March, addressed a rally in West Bengal’s Kharagpur ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled to begin next week, with the cry of “iss baar, BJP sarkar” (this time, a BJP government).
“It is an honour that you have come to bless the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in such large numbers. It clearly sends a message of ‘Bengal mein iss baar BJP sarkar,’” he said.
Continuing his attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, PM Modi said that the government had deprived the state of development for 10 years.
“The masses of Bengal trusted Mamata Banerjee and voted for her. But her party only looted Bengal for 10 years,” he said.