Bengal's culture under threat in Mamata's rule: Nadda

BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday said Bengal's culture is under threat in Mamata's rule. Earlier this day, Nadda visited Tarapith Temple of Birbhum district to flag off the second phase of the 'Parivartan Yatra'.

Birbhum (WB): The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday slammed the TMC for dividing communities by branding people as insiders and outsiders, and said the rich culture of West Bengal is under threat in Mamata Banerjee's rule.

Nadda, while flagging off the second phase of the 'Parivartan Yatra' from Tarapith in Birbhum district, said the state government "criminalised politics, institutionalised corruption and politicised the police".

The BJP chief also said the "cut money government" will be defeated by people in the upcoming assembly elections.

"Under Mamata Banerjee's rule, the rich culture and heritage of West Bengal are under threat. Only the BJP can protect these. The insider-outsider culture is not the real culture of Bengal.

"The Trinamool Congress is pitting people against one another by branding them as outsiders. This is shameful. It is not the culture of the land of Swami Vivekananda, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore," Nadda said.

The TMC's slogan of 'Maa, Mati, Manush' (mother, land and people) has been reduced to "dictatorship, tolabaji (extortion) and appeasement", he said, adding, the BJP would bring the "asol paribartan" (real change) in Bengal.

Earlier in the day, Nadda visited Tarapith Temple of Birbhum district. BJP's State President Dilip Ghosh and party's MP Babul Supriyo were also present there

(Agencies)