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.
