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‘Don’t pay heed to 70:30 story’: Suvendu Adhikari says communal politics won’t work in Rejinagar
Chief Minister addresses rally in support BJP bypoll candidate Sakharav Sarkar
Speaking about the development initiatives, Adhikari said, “You want a bridge here? You want a college here? Then go and vote for our candidate Sakharav Sarkar.” (Express Photo)
Raising the campaign pitch ahead of the Assembly bypolls in Muslim-dominated Rejinagar in West Bengal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari urged the electorate not to pay heed to communal politics as he promised a slew of development initiatives in the constituency and promised to bring back the migrant workers.
Addressing a poll rally in Rejinagar, Adhikari said, “Please do not listen to the ‘70:30’ story (70% Muslims, 30% Hindus) from the Opposition anymore. Communal polarisation will not work in Rejinagar this time. Minorities who didn’t vote for the BJP all these years have said they will not waste their votes in this election. 70,000 women in Rejinagar got cash under the Annapurna Yojana. You call BJP a party of Hindus? Out of 70,000 recipients, 35,000 are from the minority community. On polling day, go and vote en masse for the BJP.”
Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls are scheduled to be held on October 6 and results will be announced on October 9.
Speaking about the development initiatives, Adhikari said, “You want a bridge here? You want a college here? Then go and vote for our candidate Sakharav Sarkar.”
“In Rejinagar, 17,051 names are already on the PM Awas Yojana list.We plan to have a 200-bed hospital here. I promise that within two years, I will bring back the 40,000 migrant workers. Rejinagar will also have an industrial park. There are already four proposals. It will generate employment,” he added.
“On the day of the result, I will come and accept the winning certificate of our candidate,” he said.
Adhikari also targeted the TMC over the split in the party, saying its organisational crisis came to the fore within months of the Assembly polls.
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“Just four months have passed, and the TMC party, both its name and symbol, have disappeared,” he said.
The chief minister also criticised AJUP founder Humayun Kabir over his recent remarks against him.
“Recently he said that he would pray for my death. The language he is using is condemnable,” he said, accusing the AJUP leader of having “betrayed the Congress, BJP and other parties” and trying to now “betray the people by using communal politics”.
Ahead of the rally, Adhikari visited the residence of six-year-old Reshmina Khatun who died after suffering injuries in one of the campaign rallies by Opposition parties recently in Rejinagar.
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“The model code of conduct is in place, so I will not say anything now. But after the polls the state government will stand with the family,” he added.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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