Kolkata, March 14 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that a change in government in West Bengal is now inevitable, and that is already evident in the state's people and their sentiments.
"The inevitable change in government is clear to everyone in West Bengal. Everyone wants the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come to power in the state," the Prime Minister stated, addressing a large rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, which marked the end of the party's "Parivartan Yatra" in the lead-up to the upcoming state assembly elections.
According to Prime Minister Modi, immediately after coming to power in West Bengal in 2011, the Trinamool Congress began to consolidate its power by including the most notorious criminal elements from the previous Left Front government within the party.
"In this way, the Trinamool Congress betrayed the people of West Bengal, who had ousted the Left Front and brought the Trinamool Congress to power with great hope. Because of the prevalence of criminal elements in the state, there is rampant corruption, violence, and heinous crimes against women everywhere," he said.
However, the Prime Minister stated that the time is coming when the rule of law will prevail in West Bengal with the BJP coming to power.
"No criminal element will be spared. I am telling you that the oppression of the people of West Bengal by the ruling Trinamool Congress will soon come to an end. There will be the rule of law, not the law of the ruler, in West Bengal. There will be a place for Trinamool Congress' criminals, which is behind bars," Prime Minister Modi added.
He also said that with the state government and the ruling Trinamool Congress constantly encouraging illegal infiltration, the socio-demographic situation in many districts in the state has become problematic. These illegal infiltrators are becoming a threat to the common people of the state, especially women. But these illegal infiltrators are the dedicated vote banks of the Trinamool Congress, and hence they oppose the process of preparing a clear voters' list," the Prime Minister said.
According to PM Modi, the single aim of the Trinamool Congress is to work for the development and welfare of the people of West Bengal, and also to prevent others from doing so.
"That is exactly why, the Trinamool Congress and the state government are opposing the implementation of several centrally-sponsored schemes in West Bengal," he said.