Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the course of the basis stone laying and inauguration of a number of growth tasks, in Singur on January 18, 2026.
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Accusing the Trinamool Congress of imposing a ‘syndicate tax’ on all growth within the State, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (January 18, 2026) mentioned funding and enterprise wouldn’t come to West Bengal so long as the Trinamool Congress authorities remained in energy.
“Industries will solely be arrange, and funding will come to West Bengal when the regulation and order state of affairs improves. However in West Bengal, rioters and mafia have a free run. The police are hand in glove with criminals. You already know that there’s a syndicate tax on all growth,” the Prime Minister mentioned at a public assembly in Singur.
There was a lot enthusiasm among the many BJP’s rank and file over the Prime Minister’s public assembly at Singur, because the place had turn out to be synonymous with the flight of capital from the State. Tata Motors had determined to drag out its small automobile manufacturing unit from Singur in the course of the regime of the Left Entrance authorities in 2008, on account of protests in opposition to forcible land acquisition, which was led by Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee.
Amrit Bharat trains
Mr. Modi, nevertheless, didn’t contact on the event that had rocked the politics of the State virtually 18 years in the past or promised any contemporary funding at Singur. In a authorities occasion earlier within the day, Mr. Modi introduced growth tasks price over ₹830 crore within the State and flagged Amrit Bharat trains connecting Kolkata with different elements of the nation.
On the public assembly, the Prime Minister emphasised “asol poriborton [real change]” and repeated the slogan “Paltano Dorkaar, Chai BJP Sorkaar [Need change, want BJP government]” which he had coined at a public assembly at Malda on Saturday (January 17). “It’s obligatory that the maha-jungleraaj of the TMC goes away from West Bengal and the susashan [good governance] of the BJP involves energy,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
Mr. Modi accused the Trinamool Congress authorities of “enjoying with nationwide safety by aiding infiltrators”. “The TMC is enjoying with nationwide safety. They sit on dharnas to guard infiltrators. The TMC is keen on infiltrators as they’re their dedicated vote financial institution. The TMC can go to any extent to guard infiltrators,” the Prime Minister claimed.
‘Unlawful infiltration’
Addressing a public assembly in Malda on Saturday (January 17), the Prime Minister had emphasised the “unlawful infiltration” and mentioned it was altering the demography of the State.
Mr. Modi touched on the problem of border fencing and mentioned the TMC authorities was not offering land to erect fencing alongside the border. “For the final a number of years, the Centre has been writing to the TMC authorities looking for land for border fencing, however the State dispensation did nothing,” Mr. Modi mentioned. Union House Minister Amit Shah had made related remarks, charging the Trinamool Congress authorities for the dearth of border fencing on India Bangladesh border at a press convention in Kolkata on December 30.
Talking on the public assembly, the Prime Minister tried to attract parallels between the Aam Admi Celebration (AAP) authorities in Delhi and the Trinamool Congress authorities in West Bengal, saying individuals would drive individuals out of energy who are available the way in which of implementing welfare schemes for the poor within the nation.
“There was an identical authorities in Delhi, which didn’t enable Central schemes to be applied. They didn’t take heed to us and had been solely all for politics. The individuals have now despatched their Chief Minister dwelling. This merciless authorities, which doesn’t implement Ayushman Bharat, must be taught a lesson,” he mentioned.
The Prime Minister mentioned the Trinamool Congress authorities was against the establishing of PM SHRI colleges and a scheme for fishermen titled Pradhan Mantri Matysa Sampada Yojana. Mr. Modi was on a second-day go to to the State, and on Saturday (January 17), he introduced a number of railway tasks within the State, together with the primary Vande Bharat Specific prepare connecting West Bengal and Assam. On Sunday (January 18), the Prime Minister mentioned the previous 24 hours had been essential for railway connectivity in West Bengal and “one thing which was not achieved in 100 years was achieved in 24 hours”.
The Trinamool Congress reacted sharply to the Prime Minister’s feedback, significantly referring to investments within the State.
“Singur doesn’t take kindly to liars. By no means has, by no means will. That is the land that buried company land-grab politics. So when PM @narendramodi stood in Singur at this time and claimed that no investments are coming to Bengal, he wasn’t simply distorting info, he was insulting the intelligence of Bengal’s individuals,” the TMC posted on social media.
West Bengal’s ruling occasion identified that Singur was again on the mainstream industrial map and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had accredited a ₹500-crore state-of-the-art warehouse challenge on 11.35 acres in Singur.
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