'Hundreds of BJP workers killed after Mamata became CM': Amit Shah takes on TMC chief
NEW DELHI: Union home minister
Amit Shah
on Sunday charged upon
Mamata Banerjee
alleging that "hundreds of BJP workers were killed in West Bengal" after the TMC chief became chief minister.
Addressing the BJP workers in Kolkata, Shah said, "For years, Bengal was ruled by communists.
After that, Mamata Banerjee came by with the slogan 'Maa, Maati, Maanush'. She converted the great land of Bengal into a land of infiltration, atrocities on women, crime, bomb blasts and immorality with Hindus.
.. Hundreds of BJP workers were killed in West Bengal after Mamata Banerjee became the CM."
Expressing confidence in his party, he added, "Didi, listen to me, your time is over now. The BJP will form the government in 2026."
He further challenged the CM to "contest elections without violence". "If Didi (Mamata Banerjee) has courage, she should try to contest elections without violence, her deposit would be seized," he said.
"Mamata Banerjee has crossed all limits of appeasement for the votebank... Our people were killed in Pahalgam... Under Operation Sindoor, we went 100km (inside Pakistan) and destroyed their headquarters. 100s of terrorists were killed, and this hurts Didi's stomach...
She gave a political speech and opposed Operation Sindoor. She has also played with the emotions of crores of women in the country... The sisters and mothers of West Bengal should teach Mamata Banerjee the value of Sindoor in the upcoming elections," he added.
"I assure that as soon as the TMC is removed from power, those responsible for the murders of our party workers will be punished, even if they are hiding under the ground," he said.
Earlier in the day, he inaugurated the newly constructed Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Rajarhat, on the outskirts of Kolkata, stating that the facility will enhance a comprehensive approach to investigating complex cases in the eastern and northeastern regions. Shah is on a two-day visit to Bengal.
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