Jaitley launched a blistering attack on the erstwhile Left Front government and Trinamool Congress-led present government in West Bengal.
Jaitley said that BJP is the only viable option in the West Bengal.
With just a few hours for the second part of the first phase of Bengal assembly polls scheduled to begin, the BJP announced itself as the only alternative in the state.
“Bengal is yearning for an alternative. We are going to contest polls with more strength this time. Our strength has doubled to what it was earlier,” said BJP leader Arun Jaitley, adding, “The future of Bengal now stands at a crossroad. When the people of Bengal woke up from the nightmare of the Left Front, the Trinamool Congress further added to their woes by associating themselves with some chit fund scandals, sting operations and the flyover collapse. BJP will bring a new phase in Bengal.”
Jaitley said this while addressing the media at the Calcutta Press Club. He is to address a public meeting later in the day.
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Besides highlighting that the BJP is the only viable option in the state, Jaitley launched a blistering attack on the erstwhile Left Front government and Trinamool Congress-led present government in the state.
“If the Left Front destroyed the state, the Trinamool Congress did not meet the expectations of the people. In the last 34 years, during the Left Front’s rule, the state remained backwards in terms of development and economy. People gave Trinamool Congress a chance, they could change a lot of things and revive the state in the last five years, but they did not do anything to bring in development,” added Jaitley.
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Jaitley went further to term the ruling party as a party associated with syndicate raj and widespread corruption. “The state has witnessed the syndicate raj, law and order collapse, vindictiveness and widespread corruption during the present rule under the Trinamool Congress,” he said.