Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the people of West Bengal are now looking towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with “immense hope.” Sharing photographs from his rally in Alipurduar on social media platform X, the Prime Minister said that the massive turnout reflected the “mood” of the people in the state.
“These pictures from the BJP rally in Alipurduar give a glimpse of the mood in West Bengal. There is so much fatigue when it comes to TMC. People are looking at the BJP with immense hope,” the PM said in a post on X.
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During his address, the Prime Minister also stressed that “Bengal mein machi cheekh pukaar, nahi chahiye nirmam sarkar (There is a clamour in Bengal — people don’t want a ruthless government).” He stressed that public trust in the state government has eroded, with the judiciary increasingly required to step in due to administrative inaction.
Highlighting the larger national vision, PM Modi underlined that a developed West Bengal is critical to building a developed India. The state, he said, must “reclaim its identity.” The PM flagged what he described as a convergence of crises — from growing violence and social unrest to unemployment, weakening institutions, and a breakdown in governance.
The Prime Minister also voiced concerns over corruption in the education sector. Referring to the teacher recruitment scam, he warned that the future of thousands of aspirants had been compromised. “The absence of teachers has put the future of lakhs of students at risk,” he remarked.
The Prime Minister further noted that corruption disproportionately affects the youth and economically weaker sections, asserting that the state’s education infrastructure is in decline.
PM Modi reiterated that the Trinamool government remains indifferent to the needs of tribals, Dalits, backward communities, and women. “Why is TMC hostile to the poor and marginalised?” he asked, claiming that even central schemes like Ayushman Bharat have not been fully implemented due to state-level obstruction.
Criticising what he described as the ruling party’s “24×7 politics,” he maintained that while the Centre is pushing for development in Bengal, major infrastructure projects have stalled. “TMC’s absence from the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting shows their priorities. They are not serious about Bengal’s progress,” the PM noted.
(ANI)