Kolkata, April 3 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state, its division through the rearrangement of Assembly constituencies will be inevitable.
"The BJP is planning to divide West Bengal by rearranging Assembly seats. The plan is to create a separate state with some areas from Bihar and some for West Bengal. They (BJP) will only be able to do this if they come to power. So we have to defeat them (BJP) again this time," the Chief Minister added while addressing a campaign rally at Harirampur in South Dinajpur district.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Banerjee also asked the people assembled at the rally to be vigilant about the possibility of the BJP trying to prevent genuine voters from going to the polling booths by using the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) deployed for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly election in West Bengal later this month.
"There is no room for complacency. So I am asking my brothers and sisters in the district to be extremely vigilant," she said.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister praised the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police for arresting Mofakkarul Islam, the mastermind behind the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district, on Wednesday night.
"Remember, the CID had arrested him (Mofakkarul Islam) before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team probing the matter even reached West Bengal. He came from West Bengal from Mumbai and had plans to escape through Bagdogra Airport," she said.
The Chief Minister also accused the BJP of trying to influence voters by offering money through an outsourced agency.
"They (BJP) are asking for your bank account numbers. But do not make the mistake of passing on your bank account details to them," she said.
Later, speaking at another campaign rally at Raiganj in the same district, the Chief Minister said that she had full details of which agencies have been appointed by the BJP to bring in huge cash to West Bengal and distribute among people.
"I will reveal all these at the right time," she added.