Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that the West Bengal Police, in connivance with the state government, was trying to wipe out evidence of the desecration of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s statue. “TMC goons are spreading violence, and they vandalised the statue of Vidyasagar. Police officers are trying to wipe out the evidence of the incident in order to save the TMC goons, Modi alleged. Taking a dig at Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek, the prime minister said the “aunt-nephew ‘jodi’ is only interested in looting Bengal and running the ‘tolabaji’ syndicate (extortion racket)”. He said the TMC supremo does not have faith in the country’s prime minister, but she doesn’t hesitate from praising the prime minister of Pakistan.

Source: Hindustan Times May 16, 2019 13:41 UTC