Kolkata, Oct 12 (PTI) Accusing the opposition of joining hands with “Dimagi Naxals” and anti-national forces to “harm” the BJP government at the Centre without fighting the polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday asserted that defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP in elections would remain elusive for them.
He alleged that the “Deep State” was behind the protests related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Claiming that the entire country was with Modi, he said, “One has to fight the elections to defeat the PM or the BJP, and that will remain elusive.”
Opposition leaders were now camping in Delhi, the chief minister said, addressing a press conference here.
“They are holding dialogues with anti-nationals, Dimagi Naxals and Jamaatis on how to harm the country’s elected government and the BJP without fighting the elections,” Adhikari said.
Maintaining that the party leadership had not asked BJP workers to take to the streets, Adhikari said, “Had that been so, the nationalist people themselves would have done the needful.”
He said the Delhi Police and paramilitary forces were there to maintain law and order.
Claiming that the “Deep State” was behind the protests related to the SIR, the chief minister said the Centre would ensure peace and tranquillity.
He said that the Trinamool Congress, which was formed to counter the “atrocities of the CPI(M)” during the Left Front rule in West Bengal, was now holding the hands of its general secretary, M A Baby.
“This is why they (TMC) have lost their identity,” he said.
Claiming that the opposition parties, including the Congress and the TMC, were fighting for their existence, Adhikari said the Mamata Banerjee-led party was finding it hard to keep its flock together.
“They have lost 20 of their 28 MPs; it could go up to 22 or 23, as two or three of their MPs keep in touch with me,” he said.
The rebel Trinamool Congress faction in the Lok Sabha, which joined the lesser-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), claims it has 20 MPs in its flock.
The chief minister said West Bengal would implement the Uniform Civil Code soon.
“Work is at full pace; it will be passed in the Assembly after the commission’s report comes in two or three months,” he said.
The BJP government in the state appointed a nine-member high-level panel to review the draft legislation.
Adhikari also said that a bill would be introduced in the Assembly to stop religious conversion. PTI AMR NN
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