NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday accused Mamata Banerjee and Congress of feeding “biryani” to Pakistani terrorists instead of taking action against them. Addressing a rally in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman, he said, “The Manmohan Singh government, supported by Mamata Banerjee’s party, never took firm action against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and instead treated them with biryani,” he said, adding, “PM Narendra Modi ordered Operation Sindoor after the Pahalgam attack, striking Pakistan where it hurt the most.”Speaking at rallies in Birbhum and Paschim Bardhaman, Shah said the people of West Bengal would respond to violence with their votes and claimed the BJP would act against what he called syndicates and corruption if voted to power.He said the BJP would form the next government in the state as people had decided to “bid Ta Ta Bye Bye” to the TMC.“Let the people bid adieu to the Mamata government. The BJP will then take up the task of hanging the syndicate and cut-money promoters upside down to make them straight,” Shah said. Alleging that BJP workers had faced violence, Shah warned, “I advise TMC goons to stay in their homes on April 23, else we will pick them up one by one on May 4 and throw them in jail.” He also accused the TMC government of failing to stop illegal immigration, saying, “Mamata Banerjee is not giving land for border fencing, but blaming the BSF for infiltration in Bengal,” he said, adding that infiltrators would be “picked one by one” and removed from the country.Shah said a “double-engine” government would ensure better governance and added that the next chief minister would be “the son of the soil.”
