Agartala, Feb 4: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday accused the Left Front government in Tripura of being embroiled in a number of corruption cases and asked the people of the state to show it the door in elections on 60 legislative assembly seats in the state. Tripura Assembly Elections 2018 are scheduled to be held on February 18 and the results will be declared on March 3.
Addressing a rally in Barjala, he said that during the BJPs nine-year rule not a single minister was found involved in any scam whereas, 25-year rule of the Left Front in Tripura has been marked by unemployment, starvation and violence which is why the BJP has called for a change of guard in the state. (BJP Releases First List of 44 Candidates For Tripura Assembly Election 2018)
Adding further, he said development will elude Tripura until the BJP is voted to power.”I can tell you there would be no development until the BJP comes to power. I urge you to give the BJP a chance for governance in the state and see what we can do. The BJP knows how to run an effective government for distribution of fruits of development,” he said.
Singh also mounted an attack on the Congress-led UPA and termed Manmohan Singh a mute spectator to the corruption by his ministers. “PM Manmohan Singh was said to be honest. But anybody who remains silent while those under him indulge in corruption cannot be called honest,” he asserted.
The home minister also lashed at Pakistan over repeated incidents of ceasefire violation along the International Border and Line of Control. “Kisi ne maa ka doodh nahi piya jo Kashmir ko Bharat se alag kar de. Kashmir hamara tha, hai aur rahega (there is no one who can separate Kashmir from India, Kashmir was, is and will remain ours),” he said while adding that the security forces have been instructed to not to open fire first but if Pakistan does so, India will unleash a volley of fire.
(inputs from agencies)