Amit Shah Midnapore Rally: Vehicles Outside Venue Vandalised, BJP Says TMC Behind Attack
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday demanded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clear her stand on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, while accusing that her government welcomes infiltrators but has no place in the state for refugees.
Kolkata, January 29: Vehicles parked near Amit Shah's rally venue in East Midnapore, West-Bengal were found vandalized after the BJP president rally earlier in the day on Tuesday. BJP's Rahul Sinha blamed the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) for vandalising the vehicles and said that the "attackers didn't even spare women workers." Amit Shah Rally in West Bengal: BJP President Attacks Mamata Banerjee Over NRC, Says There Are Winds of Change in State.
Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP National General Secretary, warned West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee following the violence and said that "BJP workers will not be afraid of such attacks" and said that "Banerjee will have to pay a heavy price for this act."
Watch the pictures of vandalised vehicle(s) from outside the venue in the ANI tweet below:
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday demanded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clear her stand on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, while accusing that her government welcomes infiltrators but has no place in the state for refugees.
Addressing a public rally in East Midnapore, Shah said that, “I would like to ask Mamata ji if she will support Citizenship Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha or not, and tell that to people of Bengal. They welcome infiltrators and Rohingyas but there’s no place here for the refugees who come to save themselves! I would like to tell all the refugees in Bengal that BJP and Narendra Modi government will grant them the citizenship”.
Shah also asked the crowd about the "golden days" of Bengal and said that the present generation is missing the past glory of the state. “This land of West Bengal has led the nation for many years. It provided cultural leadership, political leadership and commercial leadership but what has happened to that Bengal? Where did ‘Shonar Bangla’ go? Bengalis in India are searching for it. All are looking towards Bengal…For this nation, it might be an election to make Modi ji PM once again but for Bengal, the election means to rebuild ‘Shonar Bangla’,” emphasised Shah in the rally. (With Agency Inputs)
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