Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targetted the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal over the Calcutta High Court judgment that cancelled all OBC certificates issued in the state after 2010.

Addressing a poll rally in Delhi’s Dwarka, PM Modi said, “Today, Calcutta High Court has given a tight slap to the INDI alliance. The court has cancelled all the OBC certificates issued after 2010 in Bengal. This was done because the West Bengal government inexplicably issued OBC certificates to Muslims. Their politics and obsession of vote bank and appeasement have crossed all limits…”

“Aaj court ne tamacha maara hai, yeh Khan Market gang paap ke bhagidar hai (Today court has given a huge slap, this Khan Market is responsible for the sin),” PM Modi said.

Also Read: Calcutta High Court cancels 5 lakh OBC certificates calling them illegal, CM says won’t accept order

“They say that Muslims have the first right on the country’s resources. These people are continuously giving government lands to the Waqf Board and asking for votes in return. These people want to reserve 15 per cent of the country’s budget for minorities. They also want to give loans from banks and government tender based on religion,” he added.

He accused the Opposition of opposing CAA and laws against triple talaq to please their vote bank. “That is why they have come together to form INDI alliance,” PM Modi said.

He added, “The Khan Market gang has only one way now: Every time Modi uses ‘Muslim’, label it as communal politics. I am exposing the communal politics of the Opposition and then their entire ecosystem shouts ‘Modi is doing Hindu-Muslim politics’.”

Also Read: Supreme Court sets aside Bombay HC verdict cancelling caste certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana

Calcutta HC’s verdict on OBC certificates

In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday cancelled at least 5 lakh Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued under a 2012 Act.

A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Rajasekhar Mantha struck down the OBC certificates issued under the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act after finding them to be illegal.

Chief Minister Banerjee said that she would not accept the court’s verdict and that the reservation would continue as is.