Overview
- At a Malda rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said illegal immigration has disturbed West Bengal’s demography and linked it to rising riots in Malda and Murshidabad.
- Modi accused the TMC of enabling migrants for vote-bank politics, alleging loss of jobs for locals, crime, and obstruction of central welfare schemes.
- He promised decisive steps against infiltrators if the BJP wins the state elections, urging voters to break what he called a nexus between infiltrators and those in office.
- Seeking to calm citizenship anxieties, Modi said refugees such as many Matuas have constitutional rights and full protection under the CAA, as SIR-related tensions persist.
- He flagged off the first Vande Bharat sleeper connecting Howrah and Guwahati and inaugurated rail and road projects worth ₹3,250 crore, while the TMC dismissed his claims as vague slogans.