A day after calling Bengal a terrorist hub “worse than Kashmir” State BJP president on Monday vowed to turn the State into “Gujarat” drawing sharp counter attack from the Trinamool Congress which said that “BJP’s dream will turn into its nightmare.”
Exuding confidence that his party would come to power with two-third majority Ghosh said “after coming to power we will turn the wheels of development in Bengal making it another Gujarat,” ruing the State had become a laggard in all respects with deteriorating law and order, education and economy.
“Today the situation is such that a State which was at the forefront of everything does not even produce IAS and IPS officers … but when the BJP will come to power we will introduce all-round development of the State bring back its glorious past.”
Ghosh’s remark came a day after he condemned the Trinamool Congress Government for making Bengal into a “terror hub worse than Kashmir.”
Saying that Bengal had become a hub of “terrorists and anti-nationals” Ghosh said how recently “six Al-Qaeda terrorists were arrested from Aipurduar (indicating that) a network has been formed in several places of the state. Even Bangladesh leader Khaleda Zia has said the terrorists are being trained in India and sent to Bangladesh to create disturbance. This state has become a hub of terrorists, and anti-nationals. Such is the situation that Bengal is now worse than Kashmir with the people living in fear.”
He alleged that even he had been in the hit list of the terrorists adding how he was “attacked in Jaygaon in Alipurduar district where Rohingya Muslims are living” saying that the local political parties were providing shelter to the terrorists in Bengal.
“It is very alarming that a few political parties are giving shelter to the terrorists and anti-social elements.” Reacting to Ghosh’s statement senior TMC leader and Minister Subroto Mukherjee said his dream would never come true. “Everyone has a right to dream but it is his duty to see that the dream does not turn into nightmare,” Mukherjee said on Ghosh’s winning Bengal Assembly elections in 2021.
His ministerial colleague Firhad Hakim said “there are people who are aspiring to convert Bengal into Gujarat but they have no idea of Bengali culture. Bengalis will never allow the State to become Gujarat as they don’t want to be killed in encounters. People will reject BJP.”
Meanwhile, a bunch of senior BJP leaders like Amit Malavya, Kailash Vijabargiya and D Santosh will arrive in Kolkata to hold organizational meetings as a part of preparations for the next year’s Assembly elections.