KOLKATA, Apr 26: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the BJP has deployed its entire machinery to defeat her party in the West Bengal assembly elections, as almost the entire Union cabinet and CMs of NDA-ruled states are camping here.
Addressing an election rally at Uttarpara in Hooghly district, Banerjee accused the BJP of giving false promises to migrant workers from West Bengal employed outside the state.
"The BJP is desperate, with 50 helicopters flying into West Bengal as almost the entire Union cabinet, from the PM to home, railway and defence ministers, as well as CMs of 19 NDA-ruled states camping in a single state: West Bengal," the chief minister said.
Banerjee urged the people to compare this with only three helicopters being used by the TMC to campaign across the state.
All the hype and sound and fury of the BJP will end in a whimper on May 4 when poll results will be out, she said.
"On top of this, we are seeing central forces wherever we are going. They are bringing in armoured vehicles which were not used where those were actually needed," Banerjee said.
She attacked Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that TMC-aided goons would be hanged upside down after the results.
"As a Union minister and a responsible leader, you cannot utter such words. You are speaking in the language of terror. I know no action will be taken against you. But, I have asked our men to videograph his speech and submit the same to the court," the TMC supremo said.
She said Shah should be in Manipur, where over 260 people lost their lives, and thousands were homeless due to ethnic violence since May 2023, rather than being here.
"But, I am sure that he won't go there out of fear," Banerjee said, apparently referring to the BJP leader's prolonged stay in West Bengal during this election season.
Banerjee claimed Shah held a meeting on Saturday morning with "a certain person from the central forces who had been sent to Nandigram to loot votes".�"HT
