PM Modi repeatedly called out Bengal’s “nirmam sarkar (cruel government)” at a public meeting in Alipurduar, signalling BJP’s strategy for 2026 assembly elections.Modi devoted over half his 35-minute speech to attacking Trinamool on issues ranging from teachers’ recruitment scam to recent violent anti-Waqf law protests in Murshidabad. But the loudest cheers came when he shifted focus to Operation Sindoor. “I have come to the land that celebrates sindoor khela,” Modi said, referencing a Durga Puja ritual. “Every terrorist strike comes at a cost. We entered their homes thrice and struck. We worship Shakti and Mahishasurmardini,” he said.“People in Bengal were angry after the terrorist attack and I could understand your anger. Terrorists wiped out our sisters’ sindoor, but our soldiers taught them sindoor’s power,” Modi said. “They (Pakistan) attacked us after Partition. They raped women and terrorised people of Bangladesh. Pakistani soldiers are experts in genocide and spreading terror but fail in real battles. That’s why they rely on terror,” he said.The PM then returned to Bengal’s political landscape, linking the violence in Murshidabad and Malda with what he called TMC’s cruelty toward its people. “Whatever happened in Murshidabad and Malda was an example of this cruelty. Goons ruled in the name of appeasement. MLAs marked households and they were burned as police stood by. The administration is cruel and indifferent. Bangla-r chitkar, lagbe na nirmam sarkar (Bengal’s cry: we don’t want this cruel govt),” he said. He criticised teachers’ recruitment scam, claiming middle class and poor were the worst hit. “Trinamool has pushed hundreds of families to the brink, destroyed the education system, and ruined the future of lakhs of children,” he said. “Society is torn by violence and lawlessness. Women are unsafe,” Modi said.
