West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded that Amit Shah resign because the Union residence minister over his feedback at a political rally at Suri in Birbhum district. Last week, at a rally, Shah had mentioned that if BJP wins in 35 out of 42 seats within the state within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, then the Trinamool Congress authorities will collapse even earlier than 2025. “How can he say this as the Union home minister? This means that the home minister is conspiring to bring down an elected state government. As a Union home minister, he has taken the oath to protect the Indian constitution. So, he can never say that if BJP gets 35 seats in Lok Sabha elections, the current state government will collapse before the end of its tenure. So, we are demanding his resignation as the Union home minister,” the chief minister mentioned whereas addressing the media individuals right here.
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 by 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. She additionally alleged the Union authorities is sending central discipline inspection groups to West Bengal one after one other simply to cease the event tasks 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,” the chief minister mentioned.
Speaking on the event, she additionally mentioned that the arrest of Trinamool Congress MLAs in reference to the multi-crore rip-off in recruitment of educating and non-teaching workers in West Bengal is a ploy to cut back the energy of her social gathering inside the Assembly. “The central agencies are only targetting our MLAs. They are not targetting 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 chief minister mentioned. Speaking on the event, Mamata Banerjee as soon as once more gave a name to all non-BJP events to get united earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “If the Opposition gets united, BJP will not be able to regain power in general elections,” she mentioned.
