PM Modi will visit North 24 Parganas, where Sandeshkhali is located, on March 6.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal on March 1 and 2 as part of his official program and is expected to address a women’s rally on March 6 in North 24 Parganas district, where restive Sandeshkhali is located.
BJP sources said that PM Modi will be in Arambag and Krishnanagar on March 1 and 2 respectively on his official tour. He told that the Prime Minister will also address public meetings.
PM Modi’s visits ahead of the Lok Sabha elections come amid an intense political row between the BJP and the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress after several women in Sandeshkhali accused regional party strongman Shahjahan Shaikh and his supporters of “land grabbing and sexual exploitation”. ” Was accused. to attack”.
There is speculation that PM Modi may meet some of the complainants during his visit to Barasat, the headquarters of North 24 Parganas district.
Two of Sheikh’s associates have been arrested and booked on charges of gang rape and attempt to murder, among others.
Trinamool has tried to play down the allegations and blamed the BJP for inspiring some complainants to make serious allegations against its members.
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