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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the \u201cwave of change\u201d in West Bengal has become visible after the first phase of polling and claimed that growing public support for the BJP is effectively signalling its victory in the Assembly elections.Addressing a rally at Panihati under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency, with the mother of RG Kar case victim who’s also the candidate fielded from the ASsembly constituency, the Prime Minister said, \u201cThis revolution will come through your single vote,\u201d urging voters to back what he described as a mandate for political change.PM Modi alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had \u201ccrushed the temple of democracy\u201d in the state, but claimed voters had begun to \u201creconstruct\u201d it through their participation. \u201cThe wave of change that had been visible in Bengal for a long time \u2014 yesterday\u2019s first phase of voting has put its seal on it. The support shown yesterday in favour of the BJP has sounded the conch shell of its victory,\u201d he said.Referring to the high turnout in the first phase of polling, which saw nearly 92 per cent of electors voting, PM Modi said the mandate reflected a clear shift in public sentiment. \u201cIn Bengal, where the TMC had crushed the temple of democracy with its dictatorship, people have started reconstructing the temple of democracy. Now, in the second phase, you have to unfurl the victory flag over this temple,\u201d he said.Escalating his attack on the ruling party, Modi alleged that the TMC was \u201cextremely rattled\u201d after the first phase of polling and had mobilised its \u201cgoons\u201d overnight. He further warned that after the results are declared on May 4, \u201cTMC\u2019s goons will have no place to hide.\u201d\u201cThe first phase of polling has marked the end of the TMC\u2019s \u2018maha jungle raj\u2019,\u201d he said.The Prime Minister also targeted the TMC over women\u2019s safety, calling it an \u201canti-women party\u201d and contrasting it with what he described as the BJP\u2019s \u201cwomen-led development model.\u201d \u201cWhen the women of Bengal ask for justice, the TMC tells them not to step out of their homes,\u201d he alleged.He said the party had fielded women candidates who had faced injustice. Apart from RG Kar victim’s mother, the Prime Minister also mentioned a candidate from Sandeshkhali, describing them as examples of the party giving representation to those who had faced injustice.<\/div>\n