PM Modi’s visit to Thakurpur though brought back memories of his rally in July 2018 at Midnapore where part of a tent collapsed.
At Thakurnagar, pandemonium prevailed as Modi was halfway through his speech. People broke barricades and came to the D Zone.
Women and children were injured during the rally as they tried to leave the venue after Modi’s speech. “The ground is too small for the people who had turned up in such numbers and now I understand why Didi is having to resort to violence to stop BJP,” Modi said.
Videos showed that there was chaos at PM Modi’s rally when people started entering the D-Zone and crossing bamboo barricades. Several people were injured and rushed to the Thakurnagar hospital.
BJP leaders alleged that police personnel were missing from the venue. BJP leaders claimed that police were not on hand to bring the situation under control.
Speaking later in Durgapur, he said: “There was a lot of enthusiasm during my rally in Thakurnagar, and I think the ground was filled twice its capacity, I would like to apologise for the discomfort the people went through.”
A day after the interim budget was tabled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while attending what was touted as a religious programme at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas, attacked both TMC and Congress saying that nothing had been done for the farmers in the country since Independence.
BJP president Amit Shah called up the state BJP leaders to take stock of the situation
