Cooch Behar (WB), January 29 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP on Monday of using coercive tactics, alleging that the party is threatening people with visits from central probe agencies if they do not vote for the saffron party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Addressing locals in Cooch Behar, particularly Rajbanshis, Banerjee advised them to ensure their names are on the voters’ list to safeguard against potential implications of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.
During a public distribution program in the region, Banerjee remarked, “The BJP is using central agencies for elections… it is threatening people over the phone to send Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths to their homes if they do not vote for the saffron party.”
The West Bengal Chief Minister asserted her independence from following any BJP directive regarding the worship of a specific deity. “I follow Ramayana, Quran, Bible, and Guru Granth Sahib… I do not engage in drama by visiting poor people’s homes to eat food brought from outside,” she added.
Banerjee further alleged that the Centre is raising the issue of the CAA for political purposes in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha polls. Earlier in the day, Union Minister and BJP leader Shantanu Thakur claimed that the CAA would be implemented across India within the next seven days.
