NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he ought to resign first if voter lists contained names of infiltrators.Talking at a rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, she stated: “If voter record contained names of infiltrators, Modi additionally gained with their votes earlier, so he ought to resign first.”She questioned the allegations round electoral rolls and requested why the identical voter lists used within the 2024 basic elections are actually being challenged forward of the meeting polls.The chief minister additionally addressed the latest incident in Malda district, the place judicial officers had been gheraoed for a number of hours. She blamed the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Indian Secular Entrance (ISF) for the incident, whereas accusing the Congress and the BJP of instigation.Offering particulars, Banerjee stated the primary accused within the case had been arrested.“The BJP loaned him (the accused) from the AIMIM and introduced him right here,” she alleged whereas addressing the rally at Harirampur.She additional added: “ISF is with them; Congress and BJP have additionally offered instigation.”Banerjee stated the Legal Investigation Division (CID) arrested the primary accused, advocate Mofakkarul Islam from Bagdogra airport whereas he was attempting to flee.“It’s they who engineered the violence in Malda’s Mothabari,” she stated.Banerjee additionally raised considerations over the conduct of the elections, alleging that officers had been transferred to facilitate the motion of outsiders into the state.She additional claimed irregularities involving safety forces.“Cash is being introduced in utilizing CRPF automobiles. I’ve a document of those actions and can expose them on the acceptable time,” she alleged.The Trinamool Congress chief additionally focused residence minister Amit Shah, who has introduced plans to remain in West Bengal throughout the election interval.Banerjee claimed that his presence wouldn’t profit the BJP electorally. She stated that Shah’s prolonged keep within the state throughout the polls would as an alternative result in a discount within the occasion’s vote share.
