Kolkata: West Bengal is on the verge of assembly elections, and political rhetoric has reached its peak. In this context, Assam Chief Minister and firebrand BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee government during an election rally. Accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of engaging in “infiltration politics,” Sarma said that Bangladeshi infiltrators would be expelled selectively as soon as the BJP forms government in Bengal.
CM Sarma strongly accused Mamata Banerjee of leaving the state’s borders vulnerable for vote bank interests. He alleged that during her tenure, infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims had increased, threatening the state’s security and demographics. “Those I drive out of Assam come back in because of Bengal’s laxity,” Sarma declared. “To make India infiltration-free, the BJP’s entry into Bengal is essential.”
At the rally, Sarma also tried to woo the Gorkha community. He promised that the BJP government would find a permanent and constitutional solution to the Gorkhaland issue as soon as it came to power. Meanwhile, countering AJUP’s statements on the Babri Masjid issue, he clearly stated that nothing in India named after Babur would be acceptable. He bluntly stated, “There is no objection to building a mosque, but a mosque named after Babur should be built in Babur’s country, not in India.”
