Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath turned up the heat on West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress during public meetings in Nandakumar and Kanthi Dakshin on April 12, labeling the party as the face of appeasement, mafia rule, and rampant cut-money demands. His speeches painted a grim picture of the state’s deteriorating security, eroding cultural ethos, and stalled development, making a compelling case for electoral overhaul.
‘TMC now stands for Tushtikaran (appeasement), Mafia Raj, and Cut Money,’ Yogi declared, flipping the party’s ‘Maa-Mati-Manush’ mantra to reflect harsh realities: mothers in peril, land seized by outsiders, and people gripped by terror. He pointed to a breakdown in governance fueling theft, disorder, and election-related violence.
Yogi reminisced about Bengal’s luminaries—Vivekananda’s spiritual fervor, Bose’s revolutionary zeal, Tagore’s literary genius, and Bankim’s patriotic verses—that shaped India’s destiny. Yet today, this cradle of culture faces an identity crisis, he mourned.
Allegations of deliberate demographic engineering through unchecked infiltration in key districts like Malda and Murshidabad were central to his narrative. Yogi held up UP as a beacon: from a hotbed of anarchy before 2017 to a model of peace post-Modi era, thanks to relentless action against criminals via bulldozer justice.
He spotlighted the Kolkata Mayor’s firm stance on preserving Bengali linguistic heritage against Urdu influences and slammed TMC’s interference in Hindu festivals like Ram Navami. Silence on Bangladesh’s Hindu persecutions and diversion of Union funds have fueled industrial exodus, Yogi charged.
Bengal’s shift from cultural jewel to crime syndicate demands urgent intervention, he stressed. Endorsing BJP hopefuls, Yogi envisioned a secure, prosperous state. Unity across India, he prophesied, will dismantle adversarial elements, ushering in an era of true su-shasan (good governance).
