Prime Minister Narendra Modi today drew the battle lines clearly – on one side there is an honest chowkidaar and on the other side the blemished, dishonest lot; on one side there are those fighting terrorism and on the other side are those supporting Pakistan. He said this at a public meeting in West Bengal’s Siliguri and put the state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the second group in no uncertain terms.
“When the Balakot strike took place, Didi was hurt more than Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi had been hurt,” he thundered. “Chowkidaar ne ghus kar maara… (the chowkidaar had entered their homes and hit at them) and she wanted proof of the strikes. She wanted to know if it had happened or not. Didi did not like it,” Modi said at the public meeting. He added that it was the same with those who had joined hands with her in the Opposition. He added that they had become heroes in the Pakistan media.
Modi brought up the issue of the Congress’ manifesto released yesterday, and said that it had put to risk the security of the brave jawans of the country – those who were fighting against terrorists and the enemies.
Addressing the crowd, PM Modi said that the people’s votes would go not only to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Prime Minister Modi, “your vote is also for the safety and security of the country’s security forces”.
He said that infiltrators would not be able to get away, and warned that “rumours” being spread by those on the “payroll of the Trinamool Congress” about the negative impacts of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) implementation wouldn’t be spared either. Instead, he “assured” that the Gorkhas would not be affected by its implementation.
In the earlier part of his speech, the Prime Minister spoke of “development”, accusing Mamata Banerjee of being a speed breaker and halting progress in the state. “For the interest of their politics to survive and thrive, the Congress, Left and now the Trinamool Congress, want the poor to remain poor,” he said.
He said that the sea of people at the Siliguri meeting had assured him that Didi’s – Mamata Banerjee’s – boat had sunk. Modi also appealed to the workers in the tea gardens, the Rajvanshis, tribals, Gorkhas and others in the hills and foothills of north Bengal to assure them that their interests will be looked at.
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