Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at the TMC government in West Bengal, stating that the 'storm of Sandeshkhali' will reach every part of West Bengal. Modi was addressing a women's rally at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district when he targetted the TMC for the Sandeskhali atrocities.
Adding that 'Nari Shakti' (woman power) will play a pivotal role in decimating the ruling TMC in the state, the Prime Minister said whatever happened with women in Sandeshkhali is a matter of shame.
"TMC leaders are committing atrocities against sisters and daughters of poor, Dalit and tribal families at various places. The women of Bengal and the country are angry. This storm of Sandeshkhali will reach every part of West Bengal, and decimate the TMC across the state," Modi added.
The riverine island of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district has been on the boil over allegations of sexual atrocities on women and land grabbing by suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his cohorts.
He also accused the TMC of protecting the accused, stating that the ruling party had full faith in their leader but not in the women. "The state govt has got a shock from the High Court as well as the Supreme Court. TMC leaders have done atrocities on the women of the state," said the Prime Minister in his second visit to the state this year.
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He further attacked the TMC, saying that it did not let the Women Helpline function in the state. "For easy registration of women's complaints, we had arranged for a 'Women Helpline', but the TMC govt is not letting it operate in West Bengal. This TMC govt can never work for the welfare of women," said the Prime Minister.
He also addressed the 'Parivaar' remarks made against him. "Opposition leaders asking about my family, I want to tell them that the people of India are my family," he added.
Modi said he had reasons other than the opposition's jibe to call people of the country his family. "Some people must be thinking that a politician abused me and that is why I am calling everyone as my family. But, I want you to know that I left my house at an early age. I used to wander like an ascetic. I did not have any money, yet there was not a day when I slept with an empty stomach. The poor have cared for me during those times. I feel a familial relationship with every citizen of this country," said the Prime Minister.
He added that the mothers, sisters and daughters of the country shield him from problems.
