Amit Shah in West Bengal: BJP president sounds poll bugle for 2019, condoles party workers' death in Purulia
BJP national president Amit Shah meets a member of Shahid family during a public rally, in Purulia district of West Bengal on Thursday.
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BJP national president Amit Shah meets a member of Shahid family during a public rally, in Purulia district of West Bengal on Thursday. Shah drew the battle lines at a rally in West Bengal’s Purulia on Thursday as he sounded the poll bugle ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee, Shah said that the West Bengal chief minister “believes only in violence” and said that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) “is full of goondas (thugs).” PTI
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Shah arrives at Tarapith to visit the Kali Temple, in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Thursday. PTI
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Purulia, located on the West Bengal-Jharkhand border, has emerged as the latest flashpoint of the rivalry between Mamata Banerjee’s TMC and BJP, which is making efforts to increase its footprint in the state. The Purulia killings were highlighted by the BJP to attack the state government regarding the state’s law and order situation. The crowd gathered here has arrived from Purulia and surrounding areas for Shah’s rally on Thursday. Firstpost/Amitesh
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Amit Shah meets with the family members of Trilochan Mahato and Dulal Kumar, who were killed after the panchayat election, in Purulia district of West Bengal on Thursday. Speaking about the recent political killings in Bengal, Shah said that violence was not in the culture of the state. “More than 65 BJP workers were killed in the violence in Bengal and more than 1,341 workers were injured. Bengal once revelled in the tunes of Rabindra Sangeet… but now, because of TMC goondas, the state has been drowned by sounds of the explosion from bombs lobbed by Mamata’s supporters.” PTI
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Mahavir Kumar, father of BJP worker Dulal Kumar who was killed after panchayat election in Purulia, said the Mamata Banerjee government has not done anything for them. However, they received Rs 5 lakh from BJP as compensation. Firstpost/ Amitesh
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Mahto’s daughter Pooja wishes to become a doctor and fulfil her father’s dreams in the future. Firstpost/Amitesh
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Posters at the Amit Shah rally call for democracy. Pointing out to the ‘dire state of infrastructure’ in the state, the BJP president accused the TMC of depriving the state of clean water and electricity. He also questioned the TMC govt on why it had failed to stop illegal immigration from Bangladesh and slammed Mamata for her efforts to stitch together a grand alliance. Firstpost/Amitesh
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