Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and said TMC stands for “Tushtikaran (appeasement), Mafia and Corruption”, for “remaining silent” on the Sandeshkhali issue.
Addressing rallies in Ranaghat and Birbhum Lok Sabha constituencies, Shah said the women of Sandeshkhali were “tortured on the basis of religion”. He assured that BJP would not spare a single culprit as they would be thrown behind bars.
Home Minister targets Mamata over CAA
Amit Shah accused Mamata of "misleading" people on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and said that she accorded a red carpet welcome to infiltrators because they are her vote bank but opposed citizenship to the Hindus, Sikhs.
Notably, Mamata had earlier claimed that if the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power, of which the TMC is a part at the national level, it would repeal the CAA by bringing in a new law in Parliament.
“Mamata Banerjee became the chief minister by raising the slogan of ‘Maa Mati Manush’. But within no time, this slogan has changed to ‘mullah madrasa mafia’,” he added.
Amit Shah on Sandeshkhali
On the incidents in Sandeshkhali, Shah said it is a matter of shame that "Mamata Banerjee, despite being a woman chief minister, tried to protect the culprits”.
“In Sandeshkhali, TMC leaders tortured hundreds of our sisters, based on religion. Mamata didi was not ready to arrest the criminals. Even after the high court's order, the investigation was not conducted, and the court handed over the probe to the CBI,” Union Home Minister said.
Shah said the Sandeshkhali horror continued “for years, under the nose of Mamata Banerjee, as a leader of her party continued to oppress and exploit the women” in the riverine island. But instead of catching the culprits of Sandeshkhali, she allowed the exploitation to go on for years because of her appeasement politics.
His comments came after TMC shared multiple purported videos of Sandeshkhali women on Thursday, claiming that a BJP leader made them sign on blank papers, which were later filled up as complaints of sexual assault.
Shah also attacked TMC over the issue of corruption. “A sum of Rs 51 crore was recovered from the minister, who was responsible for giving jobs to the poor. This money doesn't belong to the minister, it belongs to the people of West Bengal,” Shah said, referring to Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested in connection with the school jobs scam.
