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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in speech during an election rally in West Bengal claimed that the state, especially Kolkata, have been reduced to an old age home by successive state governments formed by Congress, Left Front and Trinamool Congress, with the youths leaving for other states in search of jobs. At an election rally in Kolkata Modi criticed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "threatening" the Election Commission. Modi said she was busy fighting with the poll panel instead of taking on political parties as she and her party TMC had already conceded defeat. Here are top 10 takeaways from PM Narendra Modi speech: (PTI)
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1. Narendra Modi: It feels that whether it is Congress or Left or Didi (TMC), they have all turned West Bengal into an old age home. (PTI)
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2. Narendra Modi: Youths are going to other states to earn a living. Does any youth want to leave his or her old parents, their own place where they grew up amid fresh air and greenery? Today youths of Bengal have to leave for some large city outside the state and take shelter in shanties and slums to earn and feed their parents owing to lack of job opportunities here. (PTI)
3. Narendra Modi: There was a time when people of the whole country wanted to come to Kolkata and spend some time of their lives here and felt proud of it, but today there is a sea change. (PTI) -
4. Narendra Modi: Youths from here now go to Bangalore, Mumbai, Jaipur or Ahmedabad in search of jobs. Young people from the east are going to the west. (PTI)
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5. Narendra Modi: Whether it is Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Bengal or the North-Eastern states, the story is the same everywhere. However big and mighty the body may be, if one arm is weak, the body cannot be said to be healthy. (PTI)
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6. Narendra Modi: In the 70 years since Independence, the state has seen governments of the Congress, Left Front and the TMC. Give BJP a chance to govern the state so as to "usher in large scale development" in line with other BJP-ruled states in the country. After the British left, it was left to the Congress, the Left and lastly the TMC to do the same thing.But if they think the youths of West Bengal are dumb, then they are mistaken. (PTI)
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7. Narendra Modi: Mamata Banerjee has 'changed' a lot since her opposition days when she fought the Left tooth and nail. Now you are silent on Narada… why are you not acting against those involved in the scam? (PTI)
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8. Narendra Modi: The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee has initiated an investigation against TMC MPs, but this could not be done in the Rajya Sabha as the Congress, Left and TMC are brothers in arms and have acted together to save the Narada accused. (PTI)
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9. Narendra Modi: The Congress-Left combine are fighting against the TMC in Bengal, in Kerala the Congress and Left are fighting against each other, while in Delhi all the three — Congress, Left and TMC are working together. (PTI)
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10. Narendra Modi: Those who are seen in Narada are the same faces seen in the Saradha scam and the same people are involved in the Vivekananda flyover collapse. (PTI)
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