Kolkata: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi appealed to the people of West Bengal to vote for the Saffron outfit in the upcoming elections, and added the Third Front idea would make India ‘third rate’. “Bengal is crucial for India’s development. If Bengal leads India, India can lead the world. If West Bengal accepts BJP once again, we will solve all your problems. Political experts are all going to be proven wrong about the upcoming elections because they cannot judge the mood of the people,’ he said while addressing a mammoth crowd.
“It would have been better if Pranab Mukherjee was made the PM of the country. In fact, they refused to take Pranab Mukherjee in the Central Government also after Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister. The people of Bengal must not forget this episode or development,†he said.
Expressing concern over the lack of development in West Bengal, Modi claimed some political parties indulge in vote bank politics by talking about secularism and focusing on the poor only at the time of elections. India cannot become strong if the entire West of this country is suffering, “At a time, West Bengal used to contribute 10% to agriculture, now it barely contributes 3-4%.”
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and the newly inducted party member and music director Bappi Lahiri was also present during the rally.