Bengal turned into old age home by Congress, Left, TMC: Modi
Kolkata, Apr 17, 2016, (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today claimed that West Bengal, specially Kolkata, had been reduced to an old age home by successive state governments formed by Congress, Left Front and Trinamool Congress, with the youths leaving for other states in search of jobs.
"It feels that whether it is Congress or Left or Didi (TMC), they have all turned West Bengal into an old age home," Modi said at an election rally here.
"Youths are going to other states to earn a living. Does any youth want to leave his or her old parents, their own place where they grew up amid fresh air and greenery?" he questioned.
"But today youths of Bengal have to leave for some large city outside the state and take shelter in shanties and slums to earn and feed their parents owing to lack of job opportunities here," Modi said at the Shahid Minar ground in the heart of the city.
"There was a time when people of the whole country wanted to come to Kolkata and spend some time of their lives here and felt proud of it, but today there is a sea change," he said adding it was just the opposite trend prevailing now.
"Youths from here now go to Bangalore, Mumbai, Jaipur or Ahmedabad in search of jobs. Young people from the east are going to the west," the Prime Minister said questioning why the people of eastern states were suffering while the western counterparts were developing.
"Whether it is Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Bengal or the North-Eastern states, the story is the same everywhere," he lamented, while claiming that the ruling parties were responsible for lack of development in these states.
"However big and mighty the body may be, if one arm is weak, the body cannot be said to be healthy," Modi said, adding it was his dream to make this part equally strong as the rest of the country.
Observing that the Assembly election is about the future of the youth of Bengal, Modi said that in the 70 years since Independence, the state has seen governments of the Congress, Left Front and the TMC.
He urged the people of the state to give BJP a chance to govern the state so as to "usher in large scale development" in line with other BJP-ruled states in the country.
Observing that the niceness and goodness of the people of Bengal had been taken advantage of since the days of the British Raj, the Prime Minister said, "After the British left, it was left to the Congress, the Left and lastly the TMC to do the same thing."
"But if they think the youths of West Bengal are dumb, then they are mistaken," he said.
Modi said Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has 'changed' a lot since her opposition days when she fought the Left tooth and nail. "Now you are silent on Narada.....why are you not acting against those involved in the scam?"
"The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee has initiated an investigation against TMC MPs, but this could not be done in the Rajya Sabha as the Congress, Left and TMC are brothers in arms and have acted together to save the Narada accused," Modi said.
"The Congress-Left combine are fighting against the TMC in Bengal, in Kerala the Congress and Left are fighting against each other, while in Delhi all the three -- Congress, Left and TMC are working together," the Prime Minister said.
Taking up the recent Vivekananda Road flyover collapse issue in which 26 people died, Modi said, "Those who are seen in Narada are the same faces seen in the Saradha scam and the same people are involved in the Vivekananda flyover collapse."
Claiming that the construction-business syndicates were responsible for the collapse, he asked "how long will the syndicate-raj be allowed to continue."
"It feels that whether it is Congress or Left or Didi (TMC), they have all turned West Bengal into an old age home," Modi said at an election rally here.
"Youths are going to other states to earn a living. Does any youth want to leave his or her old parents, their own place where they grew up amid fresh air and greenery?" he questioned.
"But today youths of Bengal have to leave for some large city outside the state and take shelter in shanties and slums to earn and feed their parents owing to lack of job opportunities here," Modi said at the Shahid Minar ground in the heart of the city.
"There was a time when people of the whole country wanted to come to Kolkata and spend some time of their lives here and felt proud of it, but today there is a sea change," he said adding it was just the opposite trend prevailing now.
"Youths from here now go to Bangalore, Mumbai, Jaipur or Ahmedabad in search of jobs. Young people from the east are going to the west," the Prime Minister said questioning why the people of eastern states were suffering while the western counterparts were developing.
"Whether it is Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Bengal or the North-Eastern states, the story is the same everywhere," he lamented, while claiming that the ruling parties were responsible for lack of development in these states.
"However big and mighty the body may be, if one arm is weak, the body cannot be said to be healthy," Modi said, adding it was his dream to make this part equally strong as the rest of the country.
Observing that the Assembly election is about the future of the youth of Bengal, Modi said that in the 70 years since Independence, the state has seen governments of the Congress, Left Front and the TMC.
He urged the people of the state to give BJP a chance to govern the state so as to "usher in large scale development" in line with other BJP-ruled states in the country.
Observing that the niceness and goodness of the people of Bengal had been taken advantage of since the days of the British Raj, the Prime Minister said, "After the British left, it was left to the Congress, the Left and lastly the TMC to do the same thing."
"But if they think the youths of West Bengal are dumb, then they are mistaken," he said.
Modi said Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has 'changed' a lot since her opposition days when she fought the Left tooth and nail. "Now you are silent on Narada.....why are you not acting against those involved in the scam?"
"The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee has initiated an investigation against TMC MPs, but this could not be done in the Rajya Sabha as the Congress, Left and TMC are brothers in arms and have acted together to save the Narada accused," Modi said.
"The Congress-Left combine are fighting against the TMC in Bengal, in Kerala the Congress and Left are fighting against each other, while in Delhi all the three -- Congress, Left and TMC are working together," the Prime Minister said.
Taking up the recent Vivekananda Road flyover collapse issue in which 26 people died, Modi said, "Those who are seen in Narada are the same faces seen in the Saradha scam and the same people are involved in the Vivekananda flyover collapse."
Claiming that the construction-business syndicates were responsible for the collapse, he asked "how long will the syndicate-raj be allowed to continue."
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