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Time of India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
PM Modi takes on Mamata government: 'Bengal suffering due to TMC misrule,' says PM; to address state BJP meet on July 18
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took on the government in West Bengal, saying that the state was "suffering due to the misrule of Trinamool." He further informed that he would be addressing a party meet in Durgapur on July 18. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "West Bengal is suffering due to the misrule of Trinamool. People are looking towards the with great hope, and they are certain that only the BJP can bring about development. Tomorrow, 18th July, I will speak at a @BJP4Bengal public meeting in Durgapur. Join us!" he said in a post on X. This comes a day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack against the BJP-led Centre at a protest rally in Kolkata and accusing the party of targeting and harassing Bengali-speaking people across BJP-ruled states. 'I am ashamed and disheartened at the Centre and the BJP's attitude towards Bengalis,' Banerjee said. 'I will challenge the central government notices which were surreptitiously sent to BJP-ruled states to harass Bengali-speaking people and detain them at the slightest suspicion,' she added. Countering the BJP's alleged narrative on illegal immigration, Banerjee said, 'I challenge you to prove that Bengali-speaking migrants are Rohingya Muslims.'
Time of India
7 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bengal braces for row over voters as Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari trade charges
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came down heavily on the ongoing Special intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and said that Bengal will be targeted next with the aim of deleting names, except those of BJP warned the existing voters of the state to be cautious during the voter list revision in August and urged new voters to enrol their names in Bengal. "When the voter list-revision work starts, be very careful. Take leave if needed, but make sure your name is there on the list. Some agencies are striking out names while sitting in other states. People from outside are voting here. I have caught their duplicity. They are mixing names from other states," Banerjee called the ECI an "agent" of the BJP, which was working to help the party win the pointed out that Muslims were being targeted. "We have learnt that around 31 lakh voters have been removed in Bihar. If they are planning such things here as in Bihar, we will fight," Banerjee leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the assembly, Suvendu Adhikari went to West Bengal CEO's office with 50 MLAs to demand the deletion of the names of Rohingyas from Bengal's voter list. "Full-fledged preparations are going on. But WB-CEO's office cannot say before the final notification by ECI. Training of block level officers is happening. We have time in Bengal. The names of Rohingya Muslims should be deleted. We will not allow Rohingyas here," Adhikari said."The Mamata Banerjee government distributed fake birth certificates, Aadhaar cards and fake voter ID cards in lieu of money. The Rohingyas first came from Myanmar and then took refuge in Bangladesh and came to Bengal from there as land for fencing was not given to the Central government from 2016. Around 540 km border is unfenced. Banerjee is in a state of fear psychosis. One crore Rohingya Muslims have learnt Bengali and are spread out in Bengal and other states," Adhikari refuted this by claiming that Rohingyas stay in Myanmar. "Our Bengali-speaking migrant workers have all the documentary proof. They are being put in detention camps in other states," Banerjee claimed the demography of Kolkata-Rajarhat New Town areas has changed. "North 24 Paraganas district's Basirhat, Swarup Nagar, Minakha and Baduria have witnessed population rise of 18.2%. If Bihar has 30 lakh Rohingyas, there must be 90 lakh of them in Bengal," Adhikari claimed.
The Hindu
7 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Suvendu demands ‘thorough revision' of voter list in Bengal
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday demanded a 'thorough revision' of the State's voter list on the lines of the special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar. 'The Election Commission is making full-fledged preparations here. They cannot say anything directly because there hasn't been a notification yet. Booth-level officers are being appointed and trained in Delhi,' Mr. Adhikari told mediapersons outside the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). The BJP leader, along with about 50 MLAs of the party, marched to the office of the State CEO, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, and urged him to conduct door-to-door surveys. He said the final notification to begin SIR in the State is pending and that 'there is time in West Bengal while in Bihar, the elections are knocking on the door'. West Bengal goes to the polls next year, while the Assembly election is due in Bihar later this year. 'If Bihar has around 30 lakh fake voters, West Bengal will have 90 lakh. If Rohingya Muslims and illegal immigrants are being dropped from the list in Bihar, we will not let them stay on the voter list of West Bengal; no matter how many rallies [the CM] takes out,' he said. Mr. Adhikari also accused the Trinamool Congress government of causing 'gross changes' in the State's population. He said the average increase in the number of voters in the nine districts in West Bengal bordering Bangladesh is between 20% to 30%.
Deccan Herald
7 days ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Mamata ups identity pitch against BJP, Suvendu moves EC to scrap Rohingyas from Bengal voter list
Banerjee rekindled the TMC's Bengali identity pitch and lashed out at the BJP-led Centre for what, she called, was its policy of torturing Bengali-speaking people after labeling them as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya Muslims.
India.com
16-07-2025
- Politics
- India.com
West Bengal: Its Mamata vs Suvendu Again On Voter List Revision, Illegal Migrants
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday issued a strong warning amid rising political tensions, stating that no one can stop her from taking her message across the country if trouble continues in Bengal. "I work in Bengal. The people of Bengal have elected me. Let me work in Bengal. If I have a problem in Bengal, I will go all over India," Mamata said. While attacking the BJP, Mamata added, "You can't stop me. I will see how many detention camps you can take me to. I will speak in Bengali. If the people of Bengal are kept in detention camps, the people of Bengal will also keep the BJP in detention camps politically through the elections." Mamata also raised a question with the centre over the Matua and Rajbongshi issue and said, "Matua-speaking people have been tortured in Maharashtra. Many Rajbongshis have been pushed back to Bangladesh and put in jail." Reacting to Bihar's SIR, she said. "I have heard in Bihar that 30.5 lakh votes have been deleted. The BJP won in Maharashtra. Otherwise, you can't win. This has happened in Delhi too. That is also being planned. They are also our brothers and sisters. There is also planning to launch in Bengal. We will fight inch by inch. We will not give up an inch of land without a fight. " Meanwhile, reacting to CM's statement, Adhikari said that Mamata Banerjee is backing and providing security to Rohingya Muslims. He alleged that there is no fencing in the area of 540 kilometres and CM Mamata has not given land to the Home Department. "Mamata Banerjee has come out on the streets to provide security to Rohingya Muslims. BJP MLAs have only one demand that the name of any Rohingya Muslim will not be there in the voter list of Bengal. There is no fencing in the area of 540 kilometers. Mamata Banerjee has not given land to the Home Department," he said. He further claimed that CM Mamata is getting fake Aadhar cards, fake EPIC cards, and there are at least one crore Rohingya Muslims in the entire voter list. "Mamata Banerjee is getting fake Aadhar cards, fake EPIC cards made. And there are at least one crore Rohingya Muslims in the entire voter list. Thirty lakh names were deleted in Bihar. There must be at least ninety lakh Indian names will remain, but Rohingya Muslim names will not remain in the voters' list," he added.
