TMS failed to ensure security for the women in Bengal-Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hit out at the key constituency of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today, listing sexual assaults on women since the party “came to power 15 years ago”. He ripped into the state’s ruling party, saying it betrayed its own slogan “Ma Mati Manush”. “‘Ma’ is crying, ‘maati’ is with infiltrators, ‘maanush’ is scared,” he added.

The Trinamool, he said, has failed to ensure security for the women in Bengal, he said, listing a number of sexual assault cases including the rape and murder of the young doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital and the gangrape and murder of a 20-year-old in Kamduni, just 20 km from the state capital.

Women have been the staunchest supporters of the Bengal Chief Minister, who has introduced a number of schemes for them over the years, including Lakshmir Bhandar (monthly cash transfers), Kanyashree (financial assistance for education), Rupashree (assistance for wedding) and vocational training under “Muktir Alo Yojana”.

This has enabled the state’s women to continue education and achieve independence. With her support, the state’s women have emerged as not just as voters and her ardent supporters but as social and economic forces who are shaping policy direction.

This is the base that the BJP has been targeting since before the 2024 Lok Sabha election when the sexual exploitation of women in Sandeshkhali hit the headlines. (UPDATED ON 26TH APRIL 2026)