Kolkata (WB), March 28 --  Warning that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will be the death knell for the BJP, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted that the saffron party in its attempt to "destroy" Bengal will end up losing power in the Centre.

From three back-to-back election rallies each in Raniganj in West Burdwan, Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia on Saturday, Banerjee intensified her attack on the BJP, saying that she would bring along all the opposition parties to "capture" Delhi after she wins the Bengal assembly elections for the fourth consecutive time.

"First, we will defeat the BJP in Bengal and then will take all the Opposition parties along to Delhi and oust the BJP from power. If the BJP comes to power in the state, they will bulldoze all and throw everyone out," Banerjee said.

Accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) of working at the behest of the BJP to delete voters' names in the name of SIR, Banerjee said that they were going too far and the people will give a befitting reply in the elections. "There must be a Lakshman Rekha, but the BJP is crossing all limits," Banerjee added.

"In the name of vote, they are vanishing people. Names of around 1.20 crore have been deleted. You have become a magician only by appeasing the saffron party. Go to any extent of deleting names, Trinamool Congress will win Bengal elections," Banerjee said in her attack on the ECI and BJP.

"Around 50-100 officers who know the localities have been sent to Kerala, Tamil Nadu so that BJP can import unaccounted cash, hooligans and narcotics," Banerjee alleged further.

Following a clash in Raghunathganj on Ram Navami, Banerjee, on Saturday, accused the BJP of 'instigating' it, holding the transfer of police officers ahead of the state elections responsible for this. "Do not blame me. All my rights have been snatched away. All officers have been transferred. BJP's people have been sent here. But they do not know that it is we who will win. Riots were instigated in Raghunathganj. They should be ashamed. They (officers) have been transferred here so that they can instigate riots," Banerjee stated. She added: "Shops were vandalised in Raghunathganj. Who gave you the right to vandalise someone's house? Who gave you the right to instigate riots in Raghunathganj? All of this will be accounted for," she said. Incidentally, a clash erupted in Raghunathganj, Murshidabad, at three separate locations, between two communities, during a Ram Navami procession. The violence escalated, involving acts of vandalism against shops and establishments, looting, and arson, and several individuals sustained injuries.

"Don't cast your votes in the BJP's favour. They will restrict your food habits. In Uttar Pradesh, women are burnt down if they go to the police station to register a complaint. Get united and vote against the BJP," she said, adding: "Women members, do you want Lakshmir Bhandar, free ration, Tapashili Bandhu to continue? If the BJP comes, they will drive out people. I will not let it happen."

Warning people that the BJP will attempt to distribute money during elections, she said: "Do you want the BJP to get votes against false promises and money. Take the money, but don't cast votes in their favour. If BJP says that they will give Rs 3,000. Take it from me, they will bulldoze you after the elections. Before Bihar elections, they promised Rs 8,000 but later people were bulldozed. In BJP-ruled states, people are not allowed to eat fish and meat. Bengali-speaking people are tortured. Don't trust BJP."

While addressing the election rally in Raniganj, Banerjee warned outgoing MLA from Jamuria, Hareram Singh, that his son must not travel in a car fitted with a beacon light.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.