Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal on Thursday, accusing it of allowing a ‘jungle raj’ and failing to protect the state’s people and land. Addressing an election rally in Birbhum, he stated, “maa is crying, maati has been overtaken by infiltrators and maanush is terrified” under the TMC’s governance.

PM Modi referenced Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of a society free from fear, contrasting it with the current conditions in West Bengal. “Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore wanted to see a society where everyone is free from fear. But the TMC’s reign of jungle raj has done exactly the opposite. They talked about ‘maa, maati, and manush’, but today the maa is crying, infiltrators are taking over the maati, and the manush is terrified, frightened,” he said.

The Prime Minister alleged that the “TMC’s syndicate” facilitates infiltrators in obtaining forged government documents, contributing to an alarming encroachment on land within the state. “The encroachment by infiltrators on West Bengal’s land has reached an alarming level. The TMC’s syndicate is assisting these infiltrators in obtaining forged government documents. Infiltrators are entering from neighbouring regions and settling within the state,” he said.