Trinamool Congress has unleashed a ‘reign of terror’ on women in West Bengal, says PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Trinamool Congress had unleashed “a reign of terror” on women in West Bengal, The Indian Express reported.

“Ripples of the Sandeshkhali matter will be felt across the state,” Modi also said.

The prime minister was addressing the Nari Shakti Vandan Concluding Karyakram rally at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. “The women of Bengal will put an end to the Trinamool Congress’ mafia raj,” Modi said.

On Wednesday, Modi said that women in West Bengal had faced atrocities under the Trinamool Congress government in the state. “What happened in Sandeshkhali is no less than a ghor paap [grave sin],” he told those gathered at the rally.

On January 5, Enforcement Directorate officials were allegedly attacked in Sandeshkhali village when they were carrying out raids at the house of Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam.

Sheikh and his associates, Shiba Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar, have also been accused by several women in Sandeshkhali of sexual assault and land-grabbing. The women have alleged that Sheikh and his associates used to survey homes in their search for young women, whom they would take to the party office and sexually assault.

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