Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed a public rally at Taherpur Netaji Park in Ranaghat virtually through video conferencing after poor visibility prevented his helicopter from landing at the Taherpur heliport near the venue, forcing him to return to the Kolkata airport.
“I am sorry that the bad weather prevented me from reaching the place in Nadia, Bengal,” PM Modi said while addressing a rally in Taherpur.
Due to low visibility, the prime minister’s helicopter, after hovering over the makeshift helipad in Taherpur for a while, turned around and returned to the Kolkata airport, the official said.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati later in the day for a two-day visit to Assam, where he is expected to attend several programs and also inaugurate the new terminal of the Guwahati Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
Addressing a rally in Bengal – where parliamentary elections are being held in 2026 – PM Modi said the saffron party would end the TMC’s “Maha jungle raj” in Bengal, where corruption, nepotism and politics of appeasement rule.
PM Modi Addresses Taherpur Rally – 10 Points You Should Know
- PM Modi claimed that West Bengal – where the TMC is in power – is lagging behind in the development chart compared to BJP-ruled Tripura, which is moving ahead.
- The Prime Minister also alleged that the “Left government” had ruined Tripura during its three-year rule – which is now developing rapidly after the BJP came to power in the state.
- Criticizing the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, Prime Minister Modi described the prevailing situation in the state as “maha jungle raj” and alleged that corruption, nepotism and appeasement of the ruling dispensation are hindering development in the state. Addressing a massive rally over the phone from Kolkata, Modi urged people to give a chance to the BJP in the coming assemblies to form a “twin-engine government” in the state.
- PM Modi claimed that the Mamata Banerjee-led party was against the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal to “save infiltrators from identification”. Claiming that the popular sentiment among the Bengali people was to “get freedom from the misrule of the TMC”, Modi said, “lanes and lanes of the state are resonating with cries of the slogan ‘Banchte chai, BJP tai’ (I need BJP to live).
- “Let the TMC oppose me and the BJP all it wants, but the ruling party cannot hold the people to ransom, let them suffer and stop the progress of Bengal,” Modi said at the Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha. “We will end TMC’s ‘maha jungle raj’ in Bengal where corruption, nepotism and politics of appeasement rule,” Modi said.
- “Let Mamata Banerjee oppose Modi if she wants, let her oppose BJP if she wants, there is no problem with that. But why is she hindering the development of Bengal,” the Prime Minister said.
- Paying tribute to Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – who wrote ‘Vande mataram’, PM Modi referred to him as ‘Rishi Bankim Babu’ and said the nation was celebrating 150 years of the national song.
(This is a developing story. Keep checking back for more updates)
