KOLKATA/KHANDAGHOSH: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee warned of “operations” beginning Sunday evening to arrest Trinamool staff forward of meeting polls lower than a fortnight away, urging them to watch out underneath an administration now underneath the EC. Mamata vowed to withstand BJP’s try “to interrupt Bengal by way of delimitation” that’s slated to start out following the Census this 12 months. BJP, she mentioned, is attempting to “harass and intimidate” Bengal’s voters, together with her, as a result of it “is aware of it would lose the elections”. “Many will likely be detained and arrested earlier than the polls (as a part of an election technique). These operations will begin (Sunday) tonight. Don’t be intimidated… Keep in mind, every part is underneath EC throughout this election – nothing is in our palms. Be vigilant for an additional 15-21 days; then we’ll see, we’ll combat, and we’ll win once more… They (BJP) know they may lose the election. That’s the reason they’ve modified every part right here,” the CM mentioned at a rally in East Burdwan’s Khandaghosh, alluding to a wave of transfers within the state administration. Flagging her opposition to a delimitation invoice, which the Heart is more likely to introduce in Lok Sabha this month, Mamata referred to as it a design to “break Bengal into three elements”. “Then NRC will likely be applied. Folks will likely be despatched to detention camps. In Assam, out of 19 lakh folks despatched to detention camps, 13 lakh had been Hindus and 6 lakh Muslims. We’ll by no means enable detention camps in Bengal,” the CM mentioned. Mamata described SIR as “the largest rip-off”. PM Narendra Modi, she mentioned, was voted to workplace for a 3rd time period by folks on the 2024 rolls. “Is everybody an infiltrator?” she requested, referring to those that voted within the final Lok Sabha elections however have been excluded after SIR.