Didi a corruption queen, Saradha scam will be her Waterloo, claims Naqvi

He claimed that the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam would prove to be the Waterloo for the present government.

Naqvi also alleged that TMC has now become a party of anti-socials who have defected from the Left parties to join the TMC after the change of guard. “In TMC, the motivated old-timers have been sidelined by the criminals who have come on deputation from the Left,” he said.

Asked about the submission of suspended TMC MP Kunal Ghosh before a city court last week that he should be questioned along with Saradha Group CMD Sudipta Sen and Mamata Banerjee, Naqvi said, “The allegations of former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh has tainted the image of Mamata. BJP is a visible, strong alternative committed to free the people of West Bengal of corruption.”
Reiterating Shah, he said 60-70 per cent of the CM’s work was aimed at the welfare of illegal immigrants.

Asked if devoted TMC workers could join the saffron party, he said, “BJP is a party of ideologically committed cadres. Of course they are welcome, but we have a screening process before anyone is inducted into the party,” he said.

Reacting to the state Congress’ demands for Mamata to step down, he said, “The Congress, ethically should not make such demands because they themselves are up neck deep in corruption.”

Earlier, Naqvi led a BJP delegation comprising BJP’s national spokerperson and central observer of West Bengal, Siddharth Nath Singh, BJP state president Rahul Sinha and party’s state general secretary Asim Sarkar to meet the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and submitted a memorandum requesting him to ensure free and fair election in the coming bypolls at two Assembly constituencies – Chowringhee and Basirhat (south).

“Since the last Lok Sabha election here, we have seen that law and order in Bengal has been hijacked by anti-social and criminal elements under the protection and patronage of the TMC government led by Mamata,” he said at the CEO office.

Naqvi also said they had demanded to record poll proceedings and conduct webcasting at all booths. “We have specific demands to deploy central forces and videography at all the booths of the two Assembly constituencies,” he said.

He added that they were not happy with the functioning of Sanjay Bansal, district magistrate, North 24 Parganas. “He had been removed during the last Lok Sabha polls. Even now, he is working as a TMC cadre. We demand him to be removed from all poll-related duties till the election is over,” he said. He also said they had requested the CEO to seal the Indo-Bangladesh border about 2-3 days before the election to avoid illegal immigrants at the Basirhat (south) constituency.