Ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi wrote an open letter greeting people with ‘Joy Maa Kali’ and urging them to vote wisely. He highlighted central schemes like Jan Dhan and Ujjwala Yojana, praised Bengali icons, and criticized the TMC for misrule. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh responded, noting the central government froze state funds.
Ahead of the high voltage Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday has penned an open letter for the people of Bengal urging them to vote wisely.
In the letter instead of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant, Modi had adopted the local invocation and greeted people with ‘Joy Maa Kali’ at the beginning of the letter.
“Joy maa Kali! Only a few months remain, after which the fate of West Bengal will be decided. The future of the next generation depends on your well-considered decision. From the children to the elderly are victims of extreme deprivation today. My heart is heavy with their pain. Therefore, from the depths of my soul, I have taken a single pledge: the pledge to make West Bengal ‘developed and prosperous’ and build ‘Shonar Bangla’,” wrote the Prime Minister.
In the open letter, Modi had also mentioned the legacies of Bengali icons such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Swami Vivekananda, Rishi Aurobindo and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and also stated about the central welfare schemes like the Jan Dhan Yojana and Ujjwala Yojana.
“Despite non cooperation of the state government five crore people in West Bengal have been brought under the banking network today through the central ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’. Through the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, we have made it possible to construct 89 lakh toilets in the state. Over 52 hours of farmers have been benefited,” further mentioned Modi.
Slamming Trinamool Congress (TMC) Modi mentioned that the ruling party is ‘busy snatching away people’s employment’.
