As his chopper was denied permission to land in West Bengal by the state government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took road route for his rally in Purulia. The chief minister flew to Jharkhand’s Bokaro before travelling to Purulia in West Bengal by road to address a BJP rally.
Before heading for Purulia, Adityanath alleged that Bengal was suffering under Mamta Banerjee government’s rule. “It saddens me that Gurudev Tagore’s Karmabhoomi, our Bengal today is suffering from anarchy and misrule of Mamta Banerjee government, now is the time that West Bengal should be freed from this government to protect the Constitution through a strong democratic movement,” he tweeted.
Calling the Opposition an alliance of the corrupt, Adityanath said, “And that’s why I will stand today in Purulia holding the flag of this movement challenging the alliance of corrupts.”
Speaking on the same lines, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that this is an attack on the democracy that Adityanath is not allowed to land in a state. “You can see democracy is being murdered. Anybody from any political party can go anywhere in the country. CM of an elected govt of largest state isn’t being permitted to land there and address rally but he’ll go via Jharkhand. People of Purulia are waiting for him.”
On Sunday, the UP chief minister addressed a public rally in Balurghat over the phone after his helicopter was denied permission to land. Earlier, the state government had not let BJP president Amit Shah’s helicopter to land in Malda at a local airport. Shah had later used a helipad of the BSF.
Responding to a question that her government was denying permission to BJP leaders to land, Mamata Banerjee told reporters at her dharna site that “is not correct, it is absolutely wrong”. The Bengal chief minister has been on a dharna for the past two days against the CBI’s attempt to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on the chit funds scandal.
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