"Despite being a woman, Mamata tried to protect Sheikh Shahjahan," says BJP chief JP Nadda

JP Nadda. File pic

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she allegedly protected Sheikh Shahjahan though atrocities were committed against women in Sandeshkhali, according to the ANI.

Nadda was addressing a Lok sabha elections 2024 rally in West Bengal's Ranaghat on Sunday.

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He said, "Atrocities were committed against women. They were insulted in Sandeshkhali, but despite being a woman CM Mamata Banerjee kept on trying to protect Sheikh Shahjahan. Despite being a woman, she did not think about mothers or sisters," the ANI reported on Sunday.

Nadda further said, "TMC goons and intruders are encroaching on lands of poor farmers," the news agency reported.

The BJP president also questioned the people asking, "Do you want this type of government do you want to send such representatives to Delhi? They should be wiped out of Kolkata as well," the ANI reported.

Earlier, talking up hopes of the lotus blooming in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal, JP Nadda said that the BJP will register thumping wins in the more than 35 constituencies in the state as the people were fed with the 'anarchy' in the state under the ruling Trinamool Congress.

According to the ANI, Coming down heavily on the TMC regime over the alleged abuse and excesses on women, as well as charges of land-grab in Sandeshkhali, JP Nadda said that it was 'painful' to see women coming out on the streets and saying that they were being threatened by goons enjoying the patronage of the ruling party in the state.

In a personalised video address, the BJP national president said, "We have seen how under the Mamata Banerjee government, the state is being run by strongmen and goons, and how the likes of (Sheikh) Shahjahan were intimidating women and posing a threat to their safety in Sandeshkhali. The prevailing situation, in a nutshell, is sensitive and painful. Teams from central investigating agencies, which went to Sandeshkhali to protect the honour and dignity of women, were thwarted and attacked," the ANI reported.

Voting for three Lok Sabha seats - Balurghat, Raiganj, and Darjeeling-concluded in the second phase of the parliamentary election held on Friday.

Voting in the state for 42 parliamentary members is set for all seven phases in the ongoing general elections that commenced on April 19 and will conclude on June 1.

(with ANI inputs)