File photo: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)
Jangipur, April 29: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party for using the Uniform Civil Code as a political ploy in the elections, asserting that Hindus will not benefit from it.
Addressing successive rallies in the minority-dominated Murshidabad and Jangipur constituencies in Murshidabad district, Banerjee accused the BJP of resorting to divisive tactics for fear of defeat in the early stages of polling.
“Whenever elections are held, they use one issue or the other to incite communal tensions. This time they are talking about UCC and promoting that it is against a particular community. But this is just political rhetoric, and Hindus will not benefit from it in any way,” she added.
Banerjee highlighted the growing anti-BJP sentiment across the country, especially after the first two phases of voting.
“Having witnessed the voting pattern and percentage in the first two phases, we can confidently say that the BJP has lost. In the remaining five phases as well, they will face a crushing defeat. Fear and panic have gripped the BJP. The defeat of the saffron camp is a matter of time,” she said. Just.
The Trinamool chief accused BJP leaders in Bengal of interfering in the abolition of nearly 26,000 school jobs in the state.
“If someone makes a mistake, it can be corrected, but snatching away 26,000 jobs is unacceptable. It is a ploy by the BJP. Don’t vote for the BJP that has taken away your jobs,” she said.
Last week, the Calcutta High Court declared the recruitment process for the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST) in government-sponsored and aided schools in West Bengal “null and void”, and ordered that all recruitments made through it be cancelled.
She said BJP leaders are “taking jobs” even though the country has the highest unemployment rate since independence. “We give jobs; More than 10,000 jobs are ready.”
The TMC called the BJP a “massage” party and accused the saffron party of “spreading lies” regarding the CAA.
“The CAA is a trap to turn legal citizens into foreigners. Once the CAA is implemented, the NRC will follow. We will not allow CAA or NRC in West Bengal. They wanted to implement NRC, but I did not allow it to happen,” Ms Banerjee said. that”.
Ms Banerjee criticized India’s opposition bloc partners – the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Congress – for “collaborating with the BJP” in West Bengal, and asserted that the opposition front no longer exists in the state.
“There is no Hindu alliance in West Bengal. Here, the CPI(M) and the Congress are working in favor of the BJP,” she said.
She warned voters against supporting the Congress and the Communist Party of India, calling them “BJP agents” in Bengal.
“The Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Congress are the eyes of the BJP in West Bengal. If you are voting for them, you are voting for the BJP. The CPI(M) and the Congress are vying for seats dominated by minorities so that they can From helping the BJP by cutting off the TMC votes.”
The influence of minorities in West Bengal, who constitute nearly thirty percent of the electorate, extends to 12-15 Lok Sabha seats, making them a desirable voting bloc for all parties. (PTI)