West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has framed the upcoming October 6 Assembly by-elections in Nandigram and Rejinagar as a critical “test” for minority voters, challenging them to “pass or fail” the test.
“…And for the minority who do not vote for the BJP, now there is an opportunity for them to decide whether you will stay with the government or not,” Adhikari said
“No one could have ever imagined that BJP would win Nandigram by such a margin this time. Not only in Nandigram, but I have also defeated her (Mamata Banerjee) even across the Ganges. And for the minority who do not vote for us, who do not vote for BJP, now there is an opportunity for all of them to decide whether you will stay with the government or not. “It is a threat. I condemn it. “Our country stands for unity in diversity. I want the chief of our administration to also accept and uphold this. I would request, and wish from the bottom of our hearts, that the chief of our administration also recognises the diversity of our country. The opposition – be it the Trinamool, the Left, or the Congress – has treated minorities merely as a vote bank, always securing their votes for their own gain without delivering any actual development for them.
Whether you will work hand in hand with the Chief Minister or not, you will have to take this test on the 6th,” the Chief Minister said. Read | ‘Trinamool Is Liability For Bypoll’: Congress Leaves Mamata Banerjee On Seen The Trinamool Congress has hit out at the Chief Minister’s framing of the contest as a “test” for minorities, calling it a “threat”. It shows the Chief Minister’s communal mindset against Muslims,” TMC MP Saugata Roy said. We wish that good sense prevails upon him,” TMC MP Dola Sen said. “What the Chief Minister has said is absolutely correct. That is why the Chief Minister has urged them to vote for development,” BJP leader Keya Ghosh said.
