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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) mounted a crisp onslaught connected the TMC authorities successful West Bengal, alleging that large-scale infiltration altered the State’s demography, triggered riots successful districts similar Malda and Murshidabad, and thrived owed to the ruling party’s “patronage and syndicate raj”.
Mr. Modi besides sought to reassure refugees specified arsenic the Matuas, who had migrated to India aft facing spiritual persecution, amid the ongoing contention implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Addressing a rally here, the Prime Minister said infiltration posed 1 of the biggest challenges earlier Bengal, asserting that adjacent prosperous countries crossed the satellite were taking steadfast steps to place and deport amerciable migrants.
“Infiltration is simply a precise large situation earlier Bengal. There are developed and prosperous countries successful the satellite which person nary shortage of money, yet they are removing infiltrators. It is arsenic indispensable to region infiltrators from West Bengal,” helium said.
Linking caller incidents of unit to the issue, the Prime Minister claimed riots had erupted successful respective parts of the state, including Malda and Murshidabad, owed to infiltration. He alleged that the TMC’s “syndicate” strategy was actively moving to guarantee infiltrators were settled successful Bengal, starring to demographic changes successful galore areas.
At the rally, Mr. Modi said “People of India, particularly Gen Z, person reposed religion successful BJP’s improvement model. I congratulate Bengal radical for getting country’s archetypal Vande Bharat sleeper train, 4 caller Amrit Bharat trains.”
He said “Doing my champion to guarantee each stateless radical of Bengal get pucca houses, entree to cleanable drinking water.”
At the rally, the Prime Minister reiterated “Heartless, cruel TMC authorities looting nationalist money, preventing cardinal assistance from reaching Bengal people. Bengal’s improvement volition hap lone erstwhile TMC is defeated and BJP comes to power.”
He asserted that “I americium definite Bengal volition springiness BJP overwhelming mandate successful upcoming Assembly election.”
The Prime Minister besides sought to reassure the politically important Matua community, who had migrated to India from neighbouring Bangladesh aft facing spiritual persecution.
“I privation to guarantee refugees similar the Matuas who took structure successful India owed to spiritual persecution: you request not worry,” helium said.
Training his guns connected the ruling party, Modi said the “hooliganism and authorities of threats” practised by the TMC would soon travel to an end. He claimed West Bengal was surrounded by BJP-ruled states that had ensured “good governance”, and asserted that it was present Bengal’s turn.
“Bengal is surrounded connected each sides by BJP governments that basal for bully governance. Now it is clip for bully governance successful Bengal too,” helium said.
Mr. Modi coined a slogan ‘Paltano darkar, chai BJP sarkar’ (Need to change, privation BJP government) for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
