Is attaching adjectives to my name Bengal’s culture asks Nadda
Kolkata, Jan 10: Lashing out at the TMC over its outsider-insider debate, BJP chief J P Nadda on Saturday questioned whether attaching adjectives to his name and attacking his convoy is a part of West Bengal's culture.
In a recent video, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen purportedly mocking Nadda's surname. Stones were hurled at the BJP chief's convoy during his visit to Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district on December 10 last year.
There have been discussions by the TMC on people coming from outside West Bengal but what about the acts committed by the party and its supremo that go against the traditions, heritage and culture of the state, Nadda said, while addressing people at the end of a roadshow here.
Pointing at the crowd from his truck adorned with flowers, "Look at them. They are not BJP leaders but people of West Bengal. Mamata Ji, there have been talks by you and your party about people coming from outside. I want to ask you if attaching adjectives to my name is a part of the state's culture?" he said.
"I want to ask you if hurling objects at my convoy in Diamond Harbour is a part of West Bengal's culture. I want to ask the TMC if extortion activities by syndicates in coal, cattle and sand smuggling and taking 'cut-money' goes in sync with the state's culture. The answer is no. The TMC has lost the right to talk about West Bengal's culture," Nadda said to thundering applause.
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Claiming that only the BJP can carry forward the legacy of Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo and other icons of West Bengal, Nadda said the BJP follows the ideals of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee who believed that a single country cannot have two flags.
Describing his kilometre-long roadshow as "historic", Nadda said people of the state have given a "quit notice" to the Mamata Banerjee government.
Nadda accused the state government of depriving the people of the state of the benefits of central schemes like PM Kisan Samman Nidhi and Ayushman Bharat.
He alleged that the TMC government is scared to face the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) audit report on relief in the aftermath of super cyclone Amphan.
Nadda
alleged
there
is
misgovernance
in
West
Bengal,
the
government
machinery
has
been
politicised,
politics
criminalised
with
the
murder
of
opponents
and
crimes
against
women
have
become
rampant.
Thousands
of
BJP
workers
had
hit
the
Grand
Trunk
Road
on
a
stretch
from
Clock
Tower
to
Curzon
Gate
in
the
heart
of
Barddhaman
town
as
Nadda,
holding
a
replica
of
a
plough,
showered
petals
and
waved
at
them
from
his
vehicle.
BJP
leaders
from
West
Bengal
such
as
state
chief
Dilip
Ghosh,
Asansol
MP
and
Union
minister
Babul
Supriyo,
Barddhaman-Durgapur
MP
S
S
Ahluwalia
and
Rahul
Sinha
accompanied
Nadda
on
the
truck.
Nadda
later
offered
puja
at
the
Sarbamangala
temple
in
the
town.