Mamata Banerjee Accuses BJP of Importing Voters for Assam Elections
Mamata Banerjee's Allegations Against BJP
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West Bengal, April 10: The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of bringing in individuals from outside the state to participate in the Assam Assembly elections, suggesting that the party lacks confidence in winning through the votes of local residents.
During an election rally in Tentulia, located in the North 24 Parganas district, Banerjee asserted that the BJP had transported outsiders from Uttar Pradesh to influence the election.
She claimed, “A trainload of 50,000 individuals was brought to Assam from Uttar Pradesh.”
In a pointed criticism of the BJP, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader remarked, “Even a snake can be trusted, but not the BJP.”
These comments come as political tensions rise between the TMC and BJP in the lead-up to the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal.
Banerjee also expressed concerns regarding the impartiality of constitutional and investigative agencies under the current BJP-led Central government, stating, “No agency in the country is neutral under the BJP government at the Centre because the saffron party has bought them all.”
Addressing issues related to voter roll revisions in West Bengal, she noted that approximately 90 lakh names were removed from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. She cited a newspaper report indicating that of those deleted, 60 lakh were Hindus and 30 lakh were Muslims.
Additionally, Banerjee referenced the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam, claiming that it had disproportionately affected Hindus. “The BJP should never be trusted. In the NRC exercise in Assam, out of 19 lakh names delisted, 13 lakh were Hindus and 6 lakh were Muslims,” she stated.
The Assam Assembly elections, covering all 126 constituencies, were conducted in a single phase on Thursday, with the Election Commission reporting a final voter turnout of 85.91 percent.