BURDWAN: Union junior minister Sukanta Majumdar said on Monday women in Bengal should be told that if they want Rs 3,000 under Annapurna Yojana, they should fill up a BJP membership form.
Majumdar’s statement at a party workers’ conference in East Burdwan’s Kalna prompted Trinamool to ask if he had already forgotten the oath of office administered by the President when he became a Union minister.
Majumdar said: “Go to people and ask them to be BJP members. They will ask why. Tell them this is because it will bring Narendra Modi to office. Explain to women that if you want Annapurna Yojana’s Rs 3,000, then you will have to fill up BJP’s membership form. BJP will come to office in Bengal and roll out Annapurna Yojana. After that, we will see the membership form. ‘Yes’ or ‘no’ we are not saying immediately. But we will look at it and reach out to women.”