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NEW DELHI: Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday intensified his onslaught connected the Centre during the West Bengal assembly predetermination campaign, questioning wherefore main curate Mamata Banerjee has not faced aggregate transgression cases contempt superior corruption charges linked to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He asked wherefore determination are not '36, 38 oregon 40 cases' against the TMC main adjacent arsenic helium himself continues to look respective ineligible proceedings.Addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Sahid Minar Ground, Gandhi alleged that portion the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's authorities has pursued aggregate cases against him, nary akin investigative enactment has been taken against Mamata Banerjee. He claimed this was due to the fact that the TMC supremo does not straight face the
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successful the aforesaid mode arsenic the Congress does."Today I person travel here, I americium retired connected bail. Narendra Modi took distant my authoritative residence. He took distant my Lok Sabha membership. Why are determination not 36, 38 oregon 40 cases against Mamata Banerjee? The full Bengal knows that radical of the Trinamool person indulged successful corruption. The Saradha chit money scam was done by radical of the Trinamool. It ruined 17 lakh investors. There are unpaid dues of Rs 1,900 crore. The Rose Valley chit money scam took wealth from lakhs of people.
There is extortion successful the signifier of ‘goonda tax’ collection. But Narendra Modi, RSS and BJP person not conducted immoderate probe against Mamata ji. They bash not onslaught Mamata ji. Why? Because they cognize that the existent combat is not with the Trinamool. The existent combat is with the Congress party," helium said.
Gandhi siad Mamata and PM Modi are "two sides of the aforesaid coin", considering that nary of them attraction astir the aspirations of the communal people. "The Prime Minister claims that helium is simply a existent nationalist. But helium had done thing for the mediocre people. He had done everything for the millionaires. Before the Left Front rule, Congress ruled West Bengal. At that clip determination were respective industries successful the state," helium said. The Congress person added, "Mamata Banerjee, too, similar PM Narendra Modi, does not attraction for employment procreation for the youth. Both the Prime Minister and the West Bengal Chief Minister are bothered astir themselves.
What PM Narendra Modi is doing successful India, that is precisely what Mamata Banerjee is doing successful West Bengal."The Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition further compared investigative scrutiny faced by him with what helium described arsenic the lack of ED oregon CBI enactment against the West Bengal CM.Stating that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned him for 55 hours implicit 5 consecutive days, the Congress person asked, "For however galore hours was Mamata Banerjee interrogated?"
Gandhi reiterated that nary cardinal probe agencies were acting against the TMC chief.
In a abstracted canvass rally astatine Serampore successful Hooghly territory for the 2nd signifier of West Bengal assembly elections, Gandhi said: "This is due to the fact that she does not combat the BJP directly."He besides highlighted the ineligible cases pending against him and said helium is required to question often crossed states to be tribunal proceedings.Gandhi said, "My location was taken away, my Lok Sabha rank was taken away; determination are 36 cases against me."The Congress person said that helium has to question to assorted states similar Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Bihar each 10-15 days to combat the cases registered against him."I privation to inquire however galore cases person been registered against Mamata Banerjee by Narendra Modi?" helium asked.Gandhi asserted that lone the Congress takes connected the BJP connected ideological grounds, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi targets him, enactment main Mallikarjun Kharge and others consistently.Claiming that PM Modi criticises the TMC main lone during predetermination periods, helium said, "Let the Bengal elections end; Narendra Modi volition not talk a connection against Mamata Banerjee."He further said that the BJP understands lone the Congress tin situation its ideological framework, not the Trinamool Congress.Gandhi accused the TMC enactment of destroying manufacture and contributing to unemployment successful West Bengal, alleging that jobs are distributed done governmental connections."One has to person a comparative successful the TMC to get a occupation successful Bengal, other helium volition not get any," helium said, accusing the main curate of moving for the interests of “goons” and enactment workers.Gandhi besides alleged that large scams specified arsenic Saradha and Rose Valley occurred nether the TMC regime, affecting lakhs of investors.He further alleged wide ember smuggling, amerciable mining and what helium termed “goonda tax” postulation successful the state.He accused the TMC of akin behaviour towards absorption workers arsenic the BJP allegedly does successful different states.Gandhi besides referred to the 2021 TMC canvass committedness of 5 lakh jobs, questioning its implementation, and cited unemployment-related concerns successful the state.The remarks travel amid heightened governmental exchanges betwixt the Congress, BJP and TMC during the ongoing predetermination run successful West Bengal.The polling for Phase I of the assembly elections concluded astatine 6 p.m. connected Thursday, with West Bengal signaling a importantly higher elector turnout of 91.78 per cent, according to the Election Commission. The 2nd signifier of the polling volition beryllium held connected April 29, with counting scheduled for May 4.
