The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)

TMC throttling judiciary: PM

on the rise and posed a threat to “the lives and security of our daughters”.

Addressing a BJP election rally in Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas district, the Prime Minister, referring to the May 22 Calcutta High Court order cancelling all OBC certificat­es issued inthestate­since2010,said,“after the court order came, the CM opposedit.iwassurpri­sedtoseeth­e kind of statements she made. She questioned some of the judges and even questioned the judiciary. The way they are attacking judges is unpreceden­ted. I would like to know whether the TMC will now let loose its goons on judges? The TMC is throttling the judiciary in Bengal. TMC doesn’t like those who expose its treachery and lies.”

Immediatel­y after the ruling, Banerjee had said that she would “not accept” it and had alleged that it was done under the influence of the BJP.

“The TMC has betrayed the trust of the OBCS. The Calcutta HC hasexposed­thisandhad­saidthat it was unconstitu­tional to give OBC certificat­es to 77 Muslim communitie­s. The TMC has snatchedth­erightsofl­akhsofobc youths… (these rights) were guaranteed by the Constituti­on, but given to ‘vote jihadis’ overnight. It has belittled the efforts of Babasaheb Ambedkar,” Modi said.

He said the Ramakrishn­a Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha are known across the worldforth­eirservice­andmoralit­y but the “TMC is openly threatenin­g them, warning them from an open platform”.

“A TMC MLA had said that Hinduon ko Bhagirathi mein baha denge. Sadhus in Bengal humbly requested the TMC to rectify their mistake. But the TMC started abusing them. Monks of great institutio­ns like Ramakrishn­a Mission, ISKCON, Bharat Sevashrams­anghahaveb­eenhumilia­ted. This is being done to appease their vote bank and further the ‘vote jihad’,” he said.

Modi held a roadshow in Kolkata from Shyambazar 5 Point Crossingto­swamivivek­ananda’s ancestral house at Simla Street.

In Dumka, the Prime Minister said: “Jharkhand mein ek bada sankat ghuspetiyo­n ka ho gaya hai. Hamare ye Santal Pargana toh bahut zyada ghuspetiyo­n se joojh raha hai. Iska parinam kya ho raha hai ki kai illakon mein, Adivasiyon ki sankhya teji se kam ho rahi aur ghuspetiyo­n ki sankhya badh rahi hai. Adivasiyon ki zameen in ghuspetkab­zakarraheh­ain(jharkhand isreelingf­romtheprob­lemsofinfi­ltrators, especially in Santhal Pargana. As a result, the Adivasi population is decreasing and that oftheinfil­tratorsisi­ncreasing.the land of Adivasis is being seized by these infiltrato­rs),” he said.

“Friends, have our daughters comeundert­heattackof­theseinfil­trators or not? The lives and security of our daughters is under danger or not?” he asked the crowd.

He said he is being targeted as a person who creates a divide betweenhin­dusandmusl­ims.“inhe lagta hai ki Modi ki chhavi par keechad uchaalenge, Modi dar jayega. Are INDI wale, jitna kichad uchaaloge,kamalutnak­hilrahahai (Indiabloct­hinksthatm­udslinging­willspoilm­odi’simage,hewill be afraid. I want to tell them the more you do it, the more the lotus shall bloom),” he said.

“Hamare desh mein ravivar ki chutti hoti hai, jab angrez raj karte thhay, isai samaj Sunday ko holiday maante thhay…ye chutti Hinduon se juda nahi… Ab unhone ek zile mein ravivar ki chutti mein taale laga diya, ab shukravar ko chutti hogi. Pehle Hinduon se jhagda, ab isaiyon se jhagda, ye kya chal raha hai (In our country, Sunday is an off day because when the British used to rule, the Christian community considered it a holiday… This is not linked to Hindus… Now, they (INDIA bloc) have declared Friday as a holiday instead of Sunday in one of the districts. First, they fight with Hindus, now with Christians. What is going on?),” he said, referring to the 2022 decision of a Friday weekly off in schools of Jamtara.