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“For the past 15 years, West Bengal has seen misrule, chaos and corruption, which have deprived the common people of their basic rights, dignity and rich cultural heritage of the state,” PM Modi said. He added that the current environment has “compromised the safety of mothers and sisters, employment opportunities for youth and the rights of the poor.”Invoking the state’s legacy, Prime Minister Modi said West Bengal once showed the country a new direction and called for collective resolve to build a “progressive West Bengal”.“Let us all come together and pledge to build a ‘better West Bengal’, where no poor person sleeps hungry, everyone has access to food, women feel safe and can step out of their homes without fear, and the youth does not have to leave the state in search of employment,” he said.The Prime Minister also linked the state’s future to the outcome of the upcoming assembly elections, asserting that the BJP government would bring West Bengal back on the path of development.“I assure you that after the formation of the BJP government in the state, West Bengal will go hand in hand with the rest of the country on the path of development and reclaim its place in history as a ‘developed state’,” he wrote.Making the election a decisive moment, Prime Minister Modi urged voters to “take the right decision”, calling it a “battle between truth and lies” and appealed to participate in what he described as a “festival of democracy”.The Prime Minister expressed confidence that the people of West Bengal would support the BJP and enable what he termed a “historic victory”.West Bengal is scheduled to go to polls in two phases on April 23 and 29, with counting on May 4 In the 2021 assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress won a landslide victory with 213 seats, while the BJP won 77 seats. The Congress and the Left could not open their accounts.