Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the Central government will enforce the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, and no one can hinder it.
Speaking at a large rally in Kolkata to kickstart the BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign, Shah launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding issues such as appeasement, infiltration, corruption, and political violence, alleging that she has “ruined” the state.
Banerjee’s opposition to the CAA is due to her support for infiltration, Shah asserted, adding that a state with such significant infiltration cannot progress. He urged the people to oust her government by electing the BJP in the next assembly polls in 2026 and laid the foundation by supporting the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He said, “Give so many seats to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls that Modi ji says I have become PM due to Bengal.” Shah claimed that the BJP’s performance in the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will create the foundation for its victory in the assembly polls, stating that the party will come to power with a two-thirds majority in the state in 2026.
Turning to the contentious CAA issue, he stated that Banerjee has been opposing it, but it is a law of the country, and no one can stop its implementation. Shah declared, “CAA will be implemented in the country. No one can stop the implementation of CAA.” He criticized Banerjee for her silence on the issue of infiltration and claimed that no one can infiltrate into Assam after the BJP was voted to power in the state.
Shah dared Banerjee to suspend from her party some of its leaders arrested in corruption cases, stating that she could not do it as she feared they might implicate her nephew, referring to MP Abhishek Banerjee. Shah asserted that the people of Bengal are tired of the cut money and syndicates of TMC. He stated that 212 BJP workers have been killed in political violence in West Bengal, and the people will avenge these murders with their votes in the 2026 assembly polls. Shah accused Banerjee of destroying West Bengal, citing political violence, corruption, and appeasement in the state.
He emphasized that the development of the state is Modi’s top priority, but it can only happen with a government conducive to the Prime Minister’s agenda. Shah urged the people to ensure a big win for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls and set a target of winning the maximum number of seats in the state during the next Parliamentary elections. The union minister addressed the rally at the historic Esplanade, setting the tone for the party’s Lok Sabha campaign in the state, where the BJP had won 18 seats in 2019.
