On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a women’s rally at Barasat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, where Sandeshkhali is situated.
Notably, he inaugurated Bharat’s first underwater Metro section between Howrah Maidan and Kolkata’s Esplanade on Wednesday.
Modi raised the Sandeshkhali issue and stated at a ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Abhinandan’ programme in Barasat, ‘Atrocities against women are being committed in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress rule as whatever happened in Sandeshkhali is a matter of shame. The TMC government is trying to protect the person accountable for this. However, they have received a setback from the high court as well as the Supreme Court. The storm of Sandeshkhali will reach every part of West Bengal’.
#WATCH | West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitated during his women's rally at Barasat, North 24 Parganas district. pic.twitter.com/n4D7AGvjzq
— ANI (@ANI) March 6, 2024
‘Suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his gang captured swathes of land by force, besides sexually harassing them’, claimed a large number of women.
Shajahan Sheikh has been arrested by the Bengal police. PM Modi reached Kolkata on Tuesday evening and headed straight to Raj Bhawan, where he stayed the night, a senior state BJP leader said.
PM Modi said in the rally, ‘Under TMC’s rule, the women have been tortured. It’s very shameful what happened in Sandeshkhali but the TMC government doesn’t care about such issues. TMC is trying to protect the accused of the people of Bengal. The state government has got a shock from the High Court as well as the Supreme Court. TMC has full confidence in their leader but not in the women of West Bengal’.
‘We are going to PM Modi to wish him to ensure that we can cast our vote, justice for atrocities against women and peace’, said a local from Sandeshkhali.
#WATCH | Women from Sandeshkhali to attend women's rally to be addressed by PM Modi in West Bengal's Barasat, today
A local from Sandeshkhali says, "We are going to PM Modi to urge him to ensure that we can cast our vote, justice for atrocities against women and peace." pic.twitter.com/8rYIY1IjQQ
— ANI (@ANI) March 6, 2024
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Bharat’s first underwater metro route in Kolkata on Wednesday, marking a significant step in the country’s infrastructure development. The inauguration event included the initiation of various connectivity projects valued at Rs 15,400 crore.
The underwater metro is part of the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor, spanning 4.8 km beneath the Hooghly River. The metro service connects Howrah and Salt Lake, with three out of six stations underground. The underwater journey covers a 520-meter stretch under the river in just 45 seconds.
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