A day after Amit Shah charged the Trinamool Congress with unleashing syndicate raj in Bengal and promised to clear the province of illegal cross-border infiltrators once it came to power, the State ruling outfit hit back calling the BJP president an empty vessel whose party had failed to keep its earlier promises like repatriating black money and crediting Rs 15 lakh each in the citizens’ bank accounts.
While TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien called the BJP a mad outfit, speaking out of nervousness and desperation, senior leader and State Minister Partho Chatterjee called Shah an empty vessel who was only capable of making large noises.
Referring to Shah’s speech in a Malda rally O’Brien said “it is obvious that they are very nervous,” as “they know their days are numbered. They are politically scared. Their speeches are low on facts and poor in State.”
Shah had on Tuesday told a rally in Malda that “Trinamool Congress needs to be uprooted from this State so that its syndicate tax raj can be ended.” Blowing the BJP’s elections bugle he vowed to throw out all infiltrators from Bengal. “If we come to power we can assure you that the BJP will make Bengal infiltrator-free.”
Reacting to Shah’s statements O’Brien tweeted, the BJP did not understand the ethos of India and Bengal. “They are heading towards a big zero,” he said adding “some are saying they are desperate, some are saying they have gone mad … or is it a combination of both?”