Assam CM targets Trinamool over ‘appeasement’ politics

Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress government has kept aside properties for Bangladeshi Muslims, and that is why Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must be removed from power, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from an election rally in Kalimpong in north Bengal on Saturday.​

The Bharatiya Janata Party has made the infiltration issue its main plank against the Trinamool Congress in this Assembly election.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Mamata didi has opened the way for Bangladeshi Muslims in West Bengal. That is why Mamata Banerjee must be removed. Otherwise, one day Bangladeshi Muslims will take West Bengal with them. There will be nothing for us.”​

The Assam Chief Minister alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government has blocked all avenues for Bangladeshis from northeastern India to enter the state, but West Bengal is encouraging that infiltration.​

Sarma said, “Mamata Banerjee has an ‘I love you’ relationship with Bangladeshi Muslims. Mamata Banerjee tells the Muslims who have infiltrated from Bangladesh to come, but there is only one condition: you have to vote for Trinamool. On the other hand, they say, "Okay, we will vote for Trinamool." But they also have a condition: they want the land of Bengal. They want to enjoy the rights to the land of Bengal. Mamataji says okay. She is selling the country.”​

He further targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over corruption charges.

He said, “This time, the Bharatiya Janata Party will get 100 seats in Assam and 200 in Bengal. This is not a government of motherland and people, it is a government of ‘money, murder and mafia’. There has been widespread corruption in the recruitment of teachers here. We have recruited two lakh teachers in Assam. There has been no police or court case. In fact, where there is Trinamool, there is money laundering and corruption.”​

The Chief Minister also drew a comparison between the Bodoland Territorial Administration and the Gorkha Territorial Administration. He assured that if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power, it will find a solution to the Gorkhaland issue in north Bengal through constitutional means.​

The Assam Chief Minister held a public meeting in support of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bharat Chhetri, former Indian hockey team captain, at the Pandara ground in Gorubathan block of Kalimpong district. In his speech, he spoke about the bravery of the Gorkhas.

​--IANS

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