Kolkata, February 26 In a sharp, yet sarcastic response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's open letter to the people of West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress used social media on Thursday to counter his claims and promises, further fueling the narrative for the upcoming elections in the state.
Entitled "My Candid Confession to the People of Bengal," the TMC adopted a similar style and background to the letter the PM used while writing his own piece. It even used Modi's picture at the bottom of the page, replicating the original, while describing it as "the letter Narendra Modi will never send you."
On February 23, the PM reached out to the people of Bengal with an emotive and culturally resonant open letter stating he was "heartbroken by the deceit and anguish" faced by a segment of the state's citizens under the current Mamata Banerjee regime and appealed to its voters "for an opportunity to serve you."
The TMC's retort came in the form of Modi "coming clean with a series of honest confessions" and took on the leader over withholding central funds from Bengal and targeting Bengalis in BJP-ruled states.
The letter of the Trinamool Congress also accused the BJP of "weaponising the Election Commission" for imposing a "hasty" Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls and pointed fingers at the PM for "refusing to accept responsibility" for the alleged deaths in the state linked to the revision.