BJP with help of CRPF will try to slow down voting in Bhabanipur, says CM Mamata

Kolkata, April 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the election rally in Hooghly district's Uttarpara.

Launching a scathing attack on both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Banerjee claimed the former sent the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to Nandigram to loot votes.

She also alleged that the BJP has brought outsiders to the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in buses on Friday.

Mamata Banerjee asserted that ahead of the second phase of polling on April 29, about 50 BJP helicopters are criss-crossing the skies, whereas the Trinamool Congress is struggling to arrange even three.

She also took a jibe regarding the distribution of forms for the 'Annapurna Bhandar' scheme.

She alleged that after the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 23, these forms are simply being left to "lie scattered" across Bankura and the Jangalmahal region as people have rejected the BJP's promise.

"You have seen how angry the BJP is! There is a lot of pressure, how they are running around the state. Today, 50 helicopters are flying in the sky. We are struggling to get three. They have brought 50 helicopters, 19 Chief Ministers, all the Ministers of the Central government, central forces, armoured vehicles, ED, CBI, everything," Chief Minister Banerjee said.

The Chief Minister also noted, "Today again, Mota bhai (referring to Home Minister Amit Shah) held a meeting with the CRPF personnel, who was sent to loot votes in Nandigram. He (Amit Shah) said in the meeting, slow down the voting process so that people cannot vote. He said all this... He has been given responsibility in Bhabanipur as well. But I do not care. You cannot put me in a spot."

Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee claimed: "The people from Bihar are warning residents of West Bengal, urging them not to repeat the mistakes they themselves made; they are being forced to return everything, and their properties are being razed to the ground by bulldozers."

She also asked people to file a case against Union Home Minister Shah for threatening to hang people upside down after the Bengal elections.

"We respect the chair. But what are you saying that they will be hung and they will be straightened. You are talking about violence! I know that no one will take action against you (Home Minister Amit Shah). But I tell the lawyers who are there to file a case. The Home Minister cannot say this. I cannot say it either. The law is same for everyone," Chief Minister Banerjee said.

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