Amidst the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Kolkata, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘Arr Noy Annay’ or No More Attrocities campaign from Shahid Minar grounds in the heart of Kolkata.
BJP workers also went on to raise 'goli maro...' slogan en route to Amit Shah's rally venue in Kolkata.
Shah also called out a mobile number for citizens to call in support of the CAA. The number 9727294294, he says, will be proof that no one including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot stop the BJP from going ahead with the CAA.
“A big issue was that refugees would not get citizenship status. Mamata told minorities for her vote bank politics, that their citizenship status will go,” added Shah while trying to portray Mamata as the opposing factor for the BJP led Centre’s initiative to work for the welfare of refugees. On the same note Shah also used words of assurance while reaching out to the minority community. “I want to tell my minority brothers and sisters that CAA will not take away your citizenship status, it will only confirm your status,” said Shah.
Mamata has been opposing the CAA, National Register of Citizenship (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), but the TMC supremo has also been accused of minority appeasement by the BJP and Left on many occasions.
Amit Shah lashed out at Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal | ANI
“Mamata Didi goes to everyone and says ‘Didi ke bolo’ but all are silent, I say don’t stay quiet say Didi Ar noi onnoi. We have to fight corruption,” said Shah while countering the TMC Government’s ‘Didi ke bolo’ outreach programme to solve issues of governance. Shah also lashed out at Mamata’s nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee while making references to dynasty politics saying that he will not take over as Chief Minister. Shah also made references to the allegations against of extortion, syndicate raj and corruption within the TMC government.
The Union Home Minister spoke with an air of confidence as he laid emphasis on the BJP voters in Bengal who helped the saffron party win 18 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 out of 42 seats. With the upcoming elections to 100 civic bodies next month and the Assembly elections in 2021, Shah attempted to strike a chord saying that the need of the hour was for BJP to come into Bengal. “Give Bengal to us, in 5 years we will make it ‘sonar Bangla’(golden Bengal). Ransacking property and extortion will all be stopped. Anyone troubling the public will not be spared,” said Shah.
The Ram temple issue was also mentioned with an effort to consolidate the saffron party’s vote bank which is largely the Hindu community. “Modiji helped to take forward building the Ram Mandir. (Asks people to chant Jai Shree Ram).You gave Modi the strength, in a few months a mandir that touches the sky will come up in Ayodhya,” added the Union Home Minister.
Hours before Shah’s arrival, Mamata Banerjee tweeted, “Today on UN ‘Zero Discrimination Day’, it pains me to witness the politics of discrimination being woven into the fabric of India. Let us pledge to uproot all forms of division based on caste, creed and religion from our society. We will never stand for discrimination of any kind.”
The TMC however did not hold any protest rallies on the CAA.
