Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of organising marketing campaign rallies in violation of the latest orders of the Election Commissions amid surging circumstances. He has urged the ballot physique to take cognisance of the matter.
The TMC youth wing president was talking in a dwell interplay on Facebook when he made the allegation.
Abhishek Banerjee mentioned that the TMC introduced the cancellation of public conferences hours after EC banned roadshows, rallies and permitted public conferences solely with a most of 500 folks. But the BJP is refusing to observe the brand new norms endangering a number of lives, he claimed in a dwell digital interplay.
He went on to allege that 10,000 folks had attended BJP’s rally at Malda the place actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty was additionally current.
“The EC allowed rallies with 500 people but did nothing to monitor the restriction. The EC should have clubbed the remaining phases (of the election),” the nephew of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee mentioned.
The saffron celebration has no concern for folks’s lives, he added.
Abhishek Banerjee additionally attacked PM Narendra Modi over the export of the Covid-19 vaccine.
“The PM deprived 130 crore people of the country and sent the Covid-19 vaccine to 80 countries to boost his image. Now there are around 3 lakh cases and 2000 deaths daily in the country,” he mentioned accusing the Modi authorities of mishandling the state of affairs.
He additional claimed that in BJP-ruled states resembling Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, folks unable to get beds in hospitals, they’re crying for oxygen on streets, and crematoriums are overflowing with our bodies.
He reiterated the pitch for aunt and incumbent West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee saying that to stop such a state of affairs from occurring in West Bengal, one must have her on the helm as she had efficiently handled the coronavirus state of affairs final 12 months.
The eight-phase West Bengal meeting election is lastly nearing its conclusion with solely 2 phases remaining. The Phase 7 polling will happen on April 26, Monday for 36 seats. Phase 8 will happen on April 29, Thursday for 35 seats.
