Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday got here down closely on Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his “undemocratic” and “unconstitutional” remarks that the TMC authorities will not survive past 2025 if the BJP wins 35 seats within the subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha polls. The TMC supremo additionally known as for Amit Shah’s resignation over the feedback he had made throughout a rally on April 14.
“On Friday, Amit Shah addressed a rally. That is fine. But how can the Union home minister of the country talk about toppling a democratically elected government of a state? Is the constitution of the country being changed?” Mamata Banerjee said. “Shah can by no means make such a remark that if BJP wins 35 Lok Sabha seats, the state authorities will not full the complete time period,” Banerjee instructed reporters right here.
We Demand Proper Probe Into Pulwama Attack: Mamata
Speaking on the event, the Chief Minister additionally expressed doubts concerning the “real story” behind the terrorist assault at Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir in February 2019 through which as many as 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) police personnel had been killed. “My question is whether a single central investigation team went to Pulwama after that incident. We also demand a proper inquiry into the matter as well,” the Chief Minister mentioned.
HM @AmitShah‘s claims of LoP @SuvenduWB being a crusader towards corruption in Bengal are laughable!
The true colors of the chameleon:
Confessed to his involvement in Narada rip-off;
Implicated in Sarada scandal;
Directly concerned in instructor’s recruitment rip-off. pic.twitter.com/QzjAjOeIlt
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 14, 2023
Shah Vs Mamata Over 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
While addressing a public rally at Suri in Birbhum district, Shah set a goal for the BJP to win 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal and mentioned the incumbent Mamata Banerjee authorities within the state will not survive past 2025 if the aim is achieved. The TMC supremo claimed Shah’s remarks show that “a conspiracy is being hatched to dislodge the state government,” and added that the house minister shouldn’t communicate like a “goon”.
Banerjee claimed that the BJP will not return to energy within the subsequent parliamentary polls, reiterating the enchantment to the opposition leaders to unite towards the saffron get together forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Mamata Banerjee authorities is scheduled to finish its third time period in 2026.
Referring to CBI’s summons to her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, Banerjee mentioned, “Are they trying to send out a message that a chief minister can be summoned and questioned? If a CM can be questioned, why can’t the home minister be questioned too?” she mentioned.
Mamata Questions Yogi Govt Over Prayagraj Killings
Condemning Asad’s encounter performed by the UP STF in Jhansi and the sensational killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf by three shooters in Prayagraj, she mentioned, “Encounters have become a normal thing for the people of Uttar Pradesh. I don’t support any crime. But how come some people were killed when in judicial custody? Were the central investigation agencies sent to probe such incidents?”
She went on to say, “People of UP ought to protest towards these encounters. If something occurs in West Bengal, they (BJP) ship central businesses. BJP is double engine…double commonplace.” She additionally warned that her TMC authorities is not going to permit the implementation of NRC or the CAA in West Bengal.
Bengal Chief Minister additionally slammed the BJP staff for carrying “arms” throughout Ram Navami processions within the state. “We have got information that the BJP is conspiring to create communal tension in the state. They want to indulge in religious and caste politics,” she alleged.
Arrest Of TMC MLAs Just A Ploy To Weaken TMC: Mamata
Referring to the arrest of Trinamool Congress MLAs in reference to the multi-crore rip-off within the recruitment of instructing and non-teaching employees in West Bengal, CM Mamata mentioned it’s a ploy to scale back the energy of her get together throughout the Assembly.
“The central agencies are only targetting our MLAs. They are not targeting any of the BJP legislators. But they will not be successful in this ploy, since our numerical strength in the Assembly is so high,” the Bengal Chief Minister mentioned.
She additionally alleged the Union authorities is sending central discipline inspection groups to West Bengal one after one other simply to cease the event initiatives undertaken by the state authorities. “As it is, the Union government has stopped payment of all dues to the state government under different centrally sponsored schemes. Now they have started adopting the strategy of sending the central inspection teams,” CM Mamata mentioned.
