Pinarayi Vijayan claimed the Centre was trying to establish that border states were witnessing "abnormal demographic growth" to justify "divisive measures" such as the CAA and the proposed NRC.
Addressing a rally in Krishnanagar, Modi linked high turnout to BJP gains and said citizenship under the CAA would be expedited if the party forms the government in Bengal.
PM Modi promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code to end what he called the "politics of appeasement," while asserting that the BJP would not let Bengalis become a minority in the state.
