Digha (WB), Nov 9 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said the BJP would work to increase its vote share in the state from the current 46 per cent to 70 per cent by earning public trust and fulfilling its promises.
He also warned left-minded agitators, whom he likened to "cockroaches and bedbugs", besides drug mafias, rapists and "infiltrators", that there was "no place" for them in the state.
Speaking at a puja inauguration programme here, Adhikari said the BJP had secured 56 per cent of the votes in Purba Medinipur district, where it won 16 Assembly seats in the 2026 polls, and 46 per cent across the state.
He said the government must work in a manner that earns people’s trust and wins the support of 70 per cent of the population in the coming days, while fulfilling its promises through its work and conduct.
Adhikari said people wanted a change in the "system" and not merely a change of party, flag or name.
"We will all function the way BJP governments are running in 21 states, following the ideals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.
The BJP won 207 seats in the 294-member Assembly in May, against 80 by the TMC, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule.
Its vote share stood at 45.84 per cent against the TMC’s 40.80 per cent.
The chief minister said his government was "extremely strict and tough" on drugs, rape and infiltration.
He claimed that police had conducted extensive raids over the past seven days, busted drug rackets and seized narcotics.
Police had been given a "free hand" to act against those involved in rape, murder or torture of women, he said.
Attacking his opponents without naming any political party, Adhikari said some people were "raising a hue and cry", likening some of them to "cockroaches and bedbugs".
"We have to be wary of them. Nationalists must stay united," he said.
On industrial development, Adhikari said the Adani Arogya Mandir had started functioning and that Reliance would make substantial investments in the state, with the foundation stone for its project scheduled to be laid after November 13.
He said representatives of the JSW Group, led by the Jindals, had also met the state government.
The West Bengal Investment Promotion Policy, 2026, was unveiled on November 5. It offers assistance of up to 120 per cent of eligible investment in plant and machinery for units in thrust sectors in priority areas.
Dismissing the previous Mamata Banerjee government’s proposal for a port at Tajpur as a "bluff", he claimed that it did not have the land required for the project.
He said work had begun on a project at Dadanpatrabar, where the state government owns 1,700 acres belonging to a closed salt factory.
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