Assembly Elections 2021: High decibel campaign for 30 assembly seats going for polls in 1st phase in West Bengal ended on Thursday. During a month-extended campaign considering the fact that the election commission announced the election on February 26, best leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the Trinamool Congress rolled down in the 30 assembly segments spread across tribal-dominated districts of Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, East Medinipur and West Medinipur. From the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led the onslaught against incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee of TMC. During his campaign in components of the state, the Prime Minister targeted Mamata for increasing violence, appeasement politics, objection to religious slogan like Jai Shri Ram, nepotism and promotion of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, lack of improvement and jobs, infiltration, water crisis, corruption, deteriorating law and order scenario in Bengal.
Besides Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda also attacked Mamata for ‘cut money’ and ‘syndicate raj’ in Bengal. They also raised Saradha scam and irregularities for the duration of transfer of income to Amphan cyclone victims. Shah promised to realise the dream of “Sonar Bangla” in the next 5 years. Shah also stated that the BJP would give men and women schemes but TMC will ‘scams’. Just today, one of BJP’s star campaigners Yogi Adityanath lashed out at Mamata, alleging that she is not interested in Bengal’s improvement and only desires to market goons and extortionists. He stated Prime Minister Modi had offered Rs 1,000 crore to the state immediately after cyclone Amphan but the income under no circumstances reached the men and women and was usurped by the TMC leaders.
Mamata Banerjee also fired back at BJP, calling its leaders “outsiders”. She also stated that the saffron party was bringing men and women from outdoors West Bengal to foment problems in the state. She stated Prime Minister Modi only talked massive, and produced false promises like crediting Rs 15 lakh to everyone’s bank accounts. She also raised troubles of farmers’ protests and LPG rates that have witnessed substantial uptick. She asked the Centre why an LPG cylinder expense Rs 900 and what was the fate of the Ujjwala scheme? She also attacked Prime Minister Modi and Shah for “not addressing” the troubles of farmers who have been agitating in the open for months. The TMC supremo had also accused the BJP of realizing extremely tiny about the state and its icons like Rabindra Nath Tagore. Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, one more star campaigner from the TMC, urged the men and women to elect only Bengal’s daughter.
Polling for the 1st phase will take spot on March 27 (Saturday).