Nayagram/Keshiyari. Amid the controversy over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations that some saints were working in favor of the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said that his party and the people of the state have always believed in ‘saffron’. ‘ The color has been respected which is a symbol of the sacrifice of Swami Vivekananda.
Abhishek described Vivekananda as the spiritual icon of Bengalis, who made the state and the country proud across the world. The Trinamool leader said that Yogi Adityanath’s party (BJP) has insulted the saffron colour, which has violated the ideals adopted by Swamiji and other great saints and personalities of Bengal.
“Yes, we respect the saffron colour, which reminds us of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa,” he said at a rally organized in support of Dev, the Trinamool candidate from Ghatal seat. We do not agree with the ideology of BJP and its Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who wears saffron clothes. “We hate the divisive ideology of Adityanath, under whose rule attacks on Dalits and minorities have increased.” Drawing attention to the vandalism of the statue of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during the 2019 general elections, the Trinamool Congress national general secretary said, “This incident took place during Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata.”
He said, “Those who break the statue of Vidyasagar, those who call Vivekananda a leftist and claim that his ideas are no longer useful, those who are not aware of the birthplace of Rabindranath Tagore, they should refrain from speaking.” . They are anti-Bengal.” Abhishek underlined that social reformer Rajaram Mohan Roy played an important role in ending the inhumane practice of Sati, thereby saving the lives of countless widows. He stressed that Trinamool understands how to respect figures like Rammohan Roy, Vidyasagar and Vivekananda. He said, “We do not need to learn from BJP, which only propagates the message of religious hatred.”
He said, “The Prime Minister is changing the names of (Railway) stations, he is changing the names of areas, he wants to change the name India to Bharat. Let us change our Prime Minister in this election.” He also alleged that Modi made derogatory comments about “fish eaters”, which showed his ignorance about certain rituals and religious rites followed by Bengali Hindus and many other Hindu sects and communities.
Abhishek also alleged that the Modi government is taking money to link Aadhaar with the bank accounts of citizens. He said that the BJP is using this money to “run Modi’s false advertising campaign”. Earlier, while addressing a rally in Nayagram in Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency, Abhishek accused the BJP of ignoring the interests of tribal communities and using them as vote banks.
Addressing a public meeting in support of the Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal’s Jhargram seat, he claimed that in the last five years, the BJP government at the Center has prevented its own party MP from working for the economic development of various tribal communities. .
He said, “Jhargram MP Kunar Hembram, who joined Trinamool from BJP at the rally, recalled how each of his attempts to get funds from Delhi for the development of the area were obstructed and ignored by the top BJP leadership. He was feeling suffocated in the BJP and believed that he was in the wrong party.” Hembram joined Trinamool Congress in the presence of Banerjee at the rally.
Diamond Harbor MP Abhishek accused the BJP of creating unrest in the Jangalmahal area and said, “A year ago, our convoy was stopped in Jhargram by a mob who pelted stones at the car of minister Birbaha Hansda, who was traveling with me. ” “Although they were demanding rights for the Kurmi community in Jangalmahal area, it was clear from their slogans and attire that they were BJP workers disguised as members of the local Kurmi community,” he claimed.