Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled projects worth over Rs 830 crore in Hooghly, inaugurating a new rail line and flagging off trains while citing port and connectivity upgrades.
- He accused the TMC government of shielding infiltrators and presiding over a 'jungle raj', alleging obstruction of central welfare schemes such as Ayushman Bharat and fisheries support.
- Modi made a cultural pitch by highlighting Netaji’s statue at Kartavya Path, recognition of Bangla as a classical language, and UNESCO status for Durga Puja.
- The TMC countered that the PM was peddling falsehoods, citing Rs 13.8 lakh crore in investments since 2011 and announcing a Rs 500-crore warehouse and an agro-industrial park in Singur, while Abhishek Banerjee accused the Centre of blocking funds and rejected 'outsider' politics.
- The CPI(M) revived the Singur Nano factory episode by alleging past BJP-TMC alignment, as the BJP amplifies a district-by-district organisational drive targeting TMC strongholds and spotlighting central welfare schemes and unemployment.