BJP insulting Ram by using his name for polls: Abhishek

Kushmandi (South Dinajpur): Trinamool Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee said BJP is insulting Ram, as his name is being used by the party in a bid to win elections.

Addressing a meeting here on Thursday afternoon, Banerjee said: "BJP is insulting Ram by using his name to win elections. Before the election BJP promises to construct Ram temple and forgets it after the election gets over," he said, adding: "BJP shouts Jai Sri Ram before conducting riots. There are blood stains on their hands."

Banerjee said as BJP does not do any work, the party has no other alternative but to use religion to win polls. "Religion is private and in social life, work is the only religion. BJP uses religion to divide people and incite people belonging to one religion against the other," he added.

Banerjee said at a time when the entire country is suffering from acute economic crisis, Narendra Modi is spending Rs 3,000 crore to construct the statue of unity and crores more on his foreign trips. He alleged that Modi's "Make in India" is a big hoax.

"Modi is encouraging the sale of Chinese products. The bullet train has been brought from Japan and he himself uses a German vehicle," he said, adding: "Earlier, Modi used to sell tea by holding a kettle and now he is selling the country with Jaitley besides him."

Addressing first-time voters, Banerjee said: "Before casting your vote you should think about the consequences of note ban and GST. The poor people are yet to come out of the shock of note ban. Thousands of people have lost their jobs. Twelve thousand farmers have committed suicide. The hasty implementation of GST has affected traders and small businessmen badly. Modi has not said a single word on the issue and is instead making false promises before the elections."

The Trinamool Youth Congress president said BJP workers and leaders can only be seen before the elections, whereas Trinamool workers and leaders stay beside people throughout the year. "People know that Trinamool leaders and workers will always stand beside them during distress. BJP leaders are like seasonal birds, they go when the season is over," he said.

Banerjee said Trinamool candidate Arpita Ghosh, who is the sitting MP from Balurghat, will win the election by 2 lakh votes. "I can feel the pulse of the people and can assure you that Ghosh will win by 2 lakh votes," he said, requesting voters to go to the polling stations early in the day to exercise their franchise. Balurghat will go to polls on April 23.