PM remains silent on sexual assault accusation against Guv; Mamata alleges continued deception on Sandeshkhali

Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued to “peddle lies” over Sandeshkhali, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wondered why he was maintaining a stoic silence over the assault allegations against the governor CV Ananda Bose and did not ask him to resign.

Addressing an election rally in Amdanga of North 24 Parganas, which is part of Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, she said the Prime Minister should be ashamed that the “BJP conspiracy” over Sandeshkhali had become public.

”The Prime Minister is still peddling lies about Sandeshkhali. He should be ashamed as the BJP conspiracy has now become public,” Banerjee said, apparently referring to a purported video in which a local BJP leader was heard saying that over 70 women were paid Rs 2,000 each for participated in protests against TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of sexual assault and land grabbing.

In an earlier clip, a man resembling BJP’s Sandeshkhali mandal president Gangadhar Kayal was heard saying that the “organized” protests were organized at the behest of opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari who was behind “the whole conspiracy “.

The Prime Minister, who also campaigned in Barrackpore town, around 20 km away, alleged that TMC goons were threatening the tormented women of Sandeshkhali to protect the culprits.

“We all saw what the TMC did with Sandeshkhali’s sisters and mothers. The TMC goons are now threatening the women of Sandeshkhali, with the main culprit being Shajahan Sheikh. TMC is doing everything to protect the Sandeshkhali culprits,” he said.

Banerjee said the Centre’s inaction against the governor, who was accused of sexual assault by a Raj Bhavan staffer, showed the BJP’s “true anti-woman character”.

“Why didn’t the Prime Minister ask the Governor to resign during his night at Raj Bhavan?,” she asked.

”I am facing a constitutional crisis. If I have to visit Raj Bhavan, what should I do? I am in a dilemma,” she added, saying women are now afraid to go to Raj Bhavan.

Modi arrived in Kolkata on Saturday and spent the night at Raj Bhavan, before beginning his campaign blitz in the state where he addressed four rallies.

Calling Modi a “former prime minister”, Banerjee claimed he was trying to polarize voters along religious lines.

”He keeps saying that we will give reservations to Muslims, removing quotas for SCs and STs. He is a habitual liar who only wants polarization along religious lines,” she said.

“Don’t implement CAA by force here. The Matuas are already citizens of this country, you don’t dare touch it,” she added.

Banerjee said that as the Center was withholding MGNREGA funds, 69 lakh poor people working under the scheme could not be paid.

“But we paid for them with state coffers,” she said.

The TMC has fielded Partha Bhowmik against BJP MP Arjun Singh in Barrackpore.

Urging people to vote for the TMC, Banerjee said, “Please don’t elect any muscle man this time. “Please do not vote for someone whose election will again create apprehensions about riots in the region,” she said. said.

Banerjee said if there was any truth in the BJP’s allegations regarding coal and cattle smuggling in West Bengal, the responsibility lay with the Union Home Ministry. “If cross-border smuggling exists, what are the central forces doing? Why doesn’t the Minister of the Interior resign?

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