TMC MP Slams Shah For Attacking Didi

Kolkata: Trinamul Congress member Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday rubbished union home minister Amit Shah’s accusations of corruption, infiltration and special intensive revision (SIR) of the Election Commission against the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal.

Dismissing Mr. Shah’s corruption complaint, the Diamond Harbor TMC MP said, “They talk about investigating corruption, but we have seen examples of the BJP’s so-called fight against corruption, from Suvendu Adhikari here to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to Narayan Rane in Maharashtra. There are several such examples in the last 10-12 years.”

On infiltration, he claimed: “Those who talk about border security must answer this: Their representative, BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar, had earlier stated that if the BJP comes to power, there will be no border with Bangladesh and the BJP will abolish the border. Has Mr. Shah issued a show memorandum to Mr. Sarkar? Either Mr. Sarkar or Mr. Shah is right.”

The TMC national general secretary then wondered: “If the borders are guarded and guarded by the BSF under the union home ministry, how do people enter the country?” Before retaliating against Mr. Shah regarding SIR.

“Their leaders are spreading fear. Whoever talks about deletion of names of Matuas is scaring them? Why is the BJP not taking disciplinary action against its leaders? These are Asim Sarkar and Shantanu Thakur. Even before the SIR started, the BJP leaders said that one crore names would be deleted. Some said that one lakh Matua names could be deleted. If SIR is to be implemented, Mr. Shah alone should be blamed for this.”

Mr Banerjee also argued whether the CM was responsible for the deaths of 25 people in the Wow Momo warehouse fire in Anandapur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Shah should be held responsible for the deaths of over 140 people in the state due to SIR.

Countering Mr. Shah’s allegations about Wow Momo owner Sagar Daryani’s participation in Ms. Banerjee’s foreign tour, the young TMC leader demanded that Mr. Modi disclose his links with fugitive industrialists Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who had earlier accompanied the Prime Minister abroad.