NEW DELHI: Union house minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a pointed assault on West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, accusing her authorities of not allotting land to ascertain border fence on border with neighbouring Bangladesh, enabling infiltration by the state’s jap borders.Nonetheless, CM Mamata hit again at Shah, steering away from his expenses and claiming that “individuals won’t permit BJP to return to energy in West Bengal.”
He reiterated that “BJP will cease infiltration” as West Bengal heads towards the 2026 meeting elections, and additional alleged that the Mamata authorities is “not allotting land to ascertain border fencing with Bangladesh.” Emphasising the broader implications, Shah stated infiltration had develop into a nationwide safety concern moderately than a problem restricted to the state. He stated, “Infiltration occurring by Bengal borders will not be a problem restricted solely to Bengal, it’s now a matter of nationwide safety. We have now to save lots of the nation’s tradition. If we now have to make sure the protection of nation, we want a patriotic authorities right here which can seal the borders. Mamata Banerjee cannot do that, solely BJP can.”Doubling down on his criticism, Shah added, “It’s the West Bengal authorities which isn’t allotting land to ascertain border fencing alongside Bangladesh…Can the CM reply why infiltration has stopped on the borders of Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kashmir and Gujarat? It’s as a result of, in West Bengal, infiltration happens below your watch to result in demographic change and strengthen your votes…The following election can be fought on the problems of stopping infiltration and eradicating infiltrators from right here...Infiltration occurring from the Bengal border is a matter of nationwide safety.”In Kolkata, Shah additionally accused the TMC of getting “surpassed the Left in establishing politics of worry and violence.”On ladies’s security, he stated, “Girls’s safety is an enormous challenge. They (TMC) say ladies should not exit after 7 PM. Are we residing within the Mughal period? It is the accountability of the federal government to supply safety at any time when it is wanted.”Concentrating on TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and CM Mamata, Shah stated, “Right here solely ‘Bhaipo’ has the proper to earn, and nobody else.”Expressing confidence within the BJP’s efficiency within the upcoming polls, Shah stated, “In 2026, BJP will type authorities with two-third majority in West Bengal.”He additionally cited the BJP’s electoral trajectory within the state, saying, “Within the 2014 elections, we received 17% of the votes and two seats…within the 2021 Meeting elections, we received 38% of the votes and 77 seats…the social gathering that had solely three seats secured 77 seats in a span of simply 5 years…the Congress…reached absolute zero…the Communist alliance…couldn’t get even a single seat, and we turned the principle opposition.”Shah additional appealed to voters, saying the individuals of Bengal had given Congress, the Left, and TMC alternatives to control and that it was time to “give BJP an opportunity.” He additionally assured the Matua group that they “haven’t any cause to worry,” including that the BJP “will accommodate all religiously persecuted refugees in India.”