PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the “tukde-tukde” gang had threatened to snap the strategic Siliguri Corridor to cut off the Northeast from the rest of the country, and the TMC gave them support from the streets to the Parliament because of its “appeasement politics”. Addressing an election rally at the Kawakhali ground in the northern West Bengal city of Siliguri, Modi said the Centre was working to develop the corridor, which serves as a gateway to the Northeast, on a massive scale. “The country has a ‘tukdetukde’ gang, and it threatened to cut off the S i l i g u r i C o r r i d o r.

 

They wanted to separate the No r t h e a s t from the c o u n t r y . TMC, which indulges in appeasement politics, supports such people from the streets to Parliament. That is the real face of TMC,” he alleged. Urging people to vote for a ‘double engine’ Government, Modi said Bengal will witness development at double the speed. He alleged that the TMC has destroyed the State during its 15-year tenure, and halted implementation of central schemes, as a result of which less than 25 per cent of work has been completed. He claimed that the TMC Government allocated Rs 6,000 crore for the development of Madrasas, but insufficient funds were allocated for the entire north Bengal. “TMC is an anti-tribal, antiwomen, anti-youth party,” he alleged.