New Delhi: West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury launched a scathing assault on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, as she unilaterally introduced the Trinamool Party’s candidates for all 42 seats within the state forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls.
As Banerjee’s determined to dump the INDIA bloc and crush Congress’s hopes for an alliance within the state regardless of quite a few conferences with INDIA allies, Chowdhury claimed that she is scared of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Mamata Banerjee is worried that if she joins the INDIA Alliance, she will have to face Modi. She is worried that if the ED and CBI start visiting TMC on Modi’s orders, it could pose a risk to the TMC party. So, by distancing herself from the alliance, Mamata Banerjee is sending a message to Modi’s office: Don’t be upset with me; I’m not part of the alliance and I won’t compete with the BJP,” he stated.
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The Congress chief additionally claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s principal goal is to defeat Adhir Chowdhury at any price, even when it means BJP profitable.
“Adhir Chowdhary must be defeated at any cost. Mamata Banerjee has no problem if the BJP wins instead, that’s why Yusuf Pathan was nominated from here,” he stated. Yousuf Pathan has been fielded from Berhampore, the place Congress heavyweight, Adhir Chowdhury is a sitting MP.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, introduced the TMC candidates at a present of power within the coronary heart of Kolkata on Sunday.
Abhishek himself will likely be contesting LS polls on TMC ticket from Diamond Harbour whereas the expelled Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra has been fielded from Krishnanagar.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the TMC gained 22 seats, whereas the BJP sprung a significant shock, profitable 18 seats. The Congress gained the remaining two seats.
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