{"id":11083,"date":"2026-04-11T21:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11083"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:58:27","slug":"130199227-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11083","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Big khela&#8217; coming to Bengal, declares PM Modi | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130199225,imgsize-764446,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"'Big khela' coming to Bengal, declares PM Modi\" title=\"PM Modi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi sharpened BJP&#8217;s Bengal campaign on Saturday, dismissing Trinamool Congress&#8217; &#8220;khela hobe&#8221; slogan and framing the assembly polls as a battle to protect Bengal&#8217;s identity, while promising to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to end what he called &#8220;politics of appeasement&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/> &#8220;Bahut khel khel liya hai tumne,&#8221; Modi said, adding those who had &#8220;played far too long&#8221; would now face accountability. &#8220;Sabka hisab liya jayega (everyone will be held accountable).&#8221; At Katwa, impressed by the crowd size, he said it was a sign of a &#8220;big khela&#8221; coming to Bengal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/> Addressing back-to-back rallies across Burdwan, Murshidabad and South Dinajpur, Modi accused TMC of relying on &#8220;infiltrators&#8221; to build a vote bank and intimidate majority groups. <!-- -->&#8220;Let UCC be implemented here; appeasement will stop once and for all. Bengal will make real change this time,&#8221; he said, echoing a manifesto promise unveiled by Union minister Amit Shah to enact the law within six months of taking office.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/> Modi described governance in Bengal as dominated by a &#8220;syndicate raj&#8221;. &#8220;Here syndicate is govt and govt is syndicate,&#8221; he said, linking corruption to an exodus of companies, loss of jobs and migration of youth.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/> At Jangipur in Muslim-majority Murshidabad, Modi focused on identity and demographic change. &#8220;TMC wants to use infiltrators&#8217; votes to form a govt of infiltrators. We will not let Bengalis become a minority in Bengal,&#8221; he said, also citing repeated attacks on Ram Navami processions and alleging perpetrators roam free.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/> Responding to criticism from CM Mamata Banerjee that BJP will not deliver on its promises, Modi defended his party&#8217;s record. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/> &#8220;BJP keeps its promises,&#8221; he said, citing support prices for jute and assuring that welfare schemes would continue. &#8220;BJP will not stop anything other than Trinamool&#8217;s loot.&#8221; He pledged that the first cabinet meeting of a BJP govt would clear the rollout of Ayushman Bharat in Bengal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/> Seeking to reassure Matua and Namashudra communities affected by SIR, Modi said they were protected by the Constitution and promised to speed up citizenship processes after taking office. <!-- -->He also praised EC for violence-free polling in Assam and Kerala, citing Thursday&#8217;s high turnout.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/> Modi warned voters against &#8220;AI-generated disinformation&#8221;, alleging Trinamool could deploy fabricated videos as polling nears. &#8220;There is a conspiracy, and you need to be careful. Trinamool is panicking and will use conspiracies as the election draws closer. We have seen this in Assam and Puducherry &#8211; rumours based on AI-generated videos will be spread. Do not fall into that trap,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/big-khela-coming-to-bengal-declares-pm-modi\/articleshow\/130199227.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi sharpened BJP&#8217;s Bengal campaign on Saturday, dismissing Trinamool Congress&#8217; &#8220;khela hobe&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27153,27152,4583,724,723,719,720,721,27150,722,27151],"class_list":["post-11083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bengal-identity-politics","tag-bjp-assembly-polls-2023","tag-bjp-vs-tmc","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-pm-modi-bengal-campaign","tag-today-news","tag-uniform-civil-code-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}