The Bengal BJP has alleged that the Trinamool Congress administration has dug up a ground at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas and strewn garbage all over it where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address an election rally on May 12.

Barrackpore BJP candidate Arjun Singh on Wednesday complained that the district administration at the instance of the TMC had dug up the ground so as to hamper the electoral meeting. “The Prime Minister is scheduled to address a rally at a ground at Jagaddal in Barrackpore constituency but the TMC has made the administration to dig it up and dump garbage all over the place,” Singh who returned from the TMC to BJP just before the elections were declared to once again get a saffron ticket said. “My question is this why this fear? Why is this petty mindset … is this a sign of capitulation before the defeat?” Singh said.

Rejecting Singh’s allegation local TMC MLA Somnath Shyam said that the land had been dug up not to hinder any rally but “as a part of the district administration’s exercise to level it up so that the local youth can train here ahead of the recruitment tests in the Army and other paramilitary forces.”

He said that the district administration was doing so after it was requested by some local organizations. Singh however questioned the timing of the act asking whether the administration could not wait for a couple of days more to do what it intended to do.

Meanwhile, Bengal Chief Minister continued her tirade against the BJP Government saying her party was determined to throw the BJP out of power in Delhi.

Attacking the BJP for “playing with the honour of mothers and sisters at Sandeshkhali where they faked a movement to garner electoral points,” the Chief Minister said “BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi only stands for lies and falsehoods.” Asking the people to back the TMC so that it can play a role in Delhi to dislodge the Modi Government Banerjee told a rally at Balagarh in Hooghly parliamentary constituency, “I want your help and support to dislodge BJP from power … they are responsible for the discriminatoryCitizenship Amendment Act, National Register for Citizens and Uniform Civil Code.”

It was another matter that the crowd would not respond to her slogan: “Gali Gali Mein Shor hai BJP Chor hai (there is a word everywhere that BJP is a thief)” prompting the Chief Minister even to rebuke the crowd asking “what had happened to your voices” and “whether you really want to end the saffron misrule.”

She said, “BJP in Bengal is splurging their ill-gotten money to win votes … they are the same Harmads of the CPI(M) that had once tormented the people of Bengal and they require to be taught a lesson… so as you discarded the Leftists you discard the BJP.”