Kolkata, April 10: Narendra Modi, the poster boy of the BJP for the
next Lok Sabha polls, boosted the morale of party workers in a state
where they have been a weaker force traditionally.
The Gujarat chief minister greeted the supporters for the upcoming New
Year and asked them to work so hard till the next New Year that the
people of the state were compelled to hear what the BJP had to say in
West Bengal. The party currently has no MLA in the state and just one MP
in the form of Jaswant Singh.
He encouraged the party workers, saying a day will come when their hard
work will pay off and the people of Bengal will attach more importance
to the saffron party over the political power houses in the state. The
Trinamool Congress (TMC), Left Front and the Congress are the main
political players in the state.
Modi addressed the party supporters at Mahajati Sadan, a venue which was
fixed after the state government refused to make a bigger Netaji Indoor
Stadium available for the occasion.
Although the state BJP criticised the TMC government for not allowing to
organise the programme at Netaji Indoor, the Gujarat CM never said a
word against the state government led by Mamata Banerjee. Rather, in the
preceding speech before the state's industry captains, Modi was seen
wooing Banerjee and trying to win over her in a common tirade against
the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.
Modi said earlier as a party worker, it was his duty to expamd the
party's base and strengthen its organisation acroiss the nation but
after taking over as the Gujarat chief minister, he has to spend more
time in looking after his own state. He said still whenever he gets time
to attend party workers ' meets in his own state, he asks his
supporters not to look down upon other political parties for all parties
have equal rights in a democracy.
According to party sources, it was a message for Banerjee who is often
found targetting her opposition in the state. Coincidentally, it was on
Tuesday when the state witnessed a violent retaliation by the TMC
against the Left supporters after SFI protesters attacked Banerjee and
some of her ministers in Delhi when they had gone to meet the Planning
Commission authorities over the death of a young Left leader in police
custody in Kolkata.
The SFI supporters expressed had their anger against Banerjee for she
had refused to acknowledge the youth leader had died in police brutality
and also termed it as a small and petty matter.
BJP workers also believed that Modi's statement was a reaction to the
Banerjee administration's refusal to allow the Netaji Indoor Stadium to
host the party meeting. Many BJP workers were seen standing outside
Tuesday's venue because of scarcity of space, said a report published in
Anandabazaar Patrika.
(OneIndia News, Posted by: Shubham Ghosh
Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013)
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