Kolkata, Apr 22:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was shielding “infiltrators”, promoting dynastic politics and backing attempts to raise a “Babri Masjid-modelled mosque” in West Bengal, which the BJP would not allow.
Addressing a rally at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur ahead of the first phase of the Bengal polls, Shah sought to turn the contest into a direct ideological battle between the BJP and the ruling TMC.
He declared that the election was not merely about choosing a government but about “freeing Bengal from infiltrators, corruption and fear”. “Mamata Didi wants to protect infiltrators. But I am telling you, press the button on EVM beside the lotus (BJP’s poll symbol) on April 23 and a BJP government will drive out every infiltrator from Bengal,” he said.