Summary:
Dehradun, Nov 16 (PTI) BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday said West Bengal is passing through a bad phase under the TMC rule, with its name becoming synonymous with corruption, bloodshed and anarchy.
"There was a time when Bengal showed the way to the rest of the country but today it is passing through a bad phase," Nadda said addressing people of the Bengali community at Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district.
The name of West Bengal, which was once associated with great social reformers, thinkers, philosophers, literary figures and freedom fighters, has become synonymous with corruption, bloodshed and anarchy under the TMC, he said.
Naming Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Subhas Chandra Bose and Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, he drew a comparison between its "glorious" past and "ugly" present.
"TMC leaders in West Bengal today are involved in corrupt practices in every scheme, including the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
Murders, rapes, crime against women, human trafficking and sexual harassment cases are at their peak.