Kolkata: Stepping up the assault on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the BJP on Sunday stated the collapse of the Mamata Banerjee authorities was only a matter of time. Speaking at a celebration programme in his Bongaon Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district, BJP MP Shantanu Thakur stated the TMC authorities is not going to final past 5 months.
“I have a hunch that this government will not last beyond five months,” he stated.
“The Mamata Banerjee authorities has outlived its utility. Had the TMC not resorted to widespread rigging within the not too long ago concluded panchayat polls, the BJP would have bagged hundreds of extra seats.
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“But this is going to be the last election under the supervision of TMC government where all the state machineries including the State Election Commission (SEC) have failed to play a neutral and impartial role,” Thakur, who can be the Union Minister of State for Shipping, stated.
Police sources stated 39 individuals have died in panchayat poll-related violence for the reason that election date was introduced on June 8. A majority of those that misplaced their lives have been affiliated with the TMC.
Talking to reporters after attending an organisational assembly to take inventory of the get together’s panchayat ballot efficiency, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar stated, “Anything can happen any time. Let’s see what happens.”
He added, “Who knows if there’s a people’s uprising against TMC’s misrule and terror. Who knows if TMC MLAs suddenly refuse to follow Mamata Banerjee’s way of functioning. I am not saying it will happen, it may not. But anything is possible in politics.”
About his assembly with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on July 14, Majumdar stated, “The Centre will do everything possible to protect the lives of innocent people in West Bengal.”
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari had earlier demanded imposition of Article 355 in West Bengal saying central intervention has grow to be crucial within the state which had witnessed violence throughout panchayat polls.
He stated, “Though a democratically elected government cannot be toppled, if it fails to perform its duty as envisaged in the Constitution, the Centre has to intervene to save it from slipping into lawlessness.”
Reacting to the feedback of BJP leaders, TMC Rajya Sabha MP and get together spokesperson Santanu Sen stated, “All these BJP leaders, including Adhikari, are desperate to raise their ratings in Delhi by issuing threats to a government which came to power for the third time through a huge mandate two years ago and enjoys mass support.”
He added, “If out of desperation the BJP tries any misadventure” after the drubbing in panchayat polls, the individuals of state will thwart it.
Sen stated BJP leaders like Adhikari and Ghosh had made comparable predictions concerning the collapse of the TMC authorities in December and January and “even spelt out specific dates,” however nothing occurred.
TMC state normal secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated BJP leaders are making such claims “to boost the morale of their rank and file,” who had been demoralised after the panchayat ballot outcomes. “They (BJP leaders) are themselves aware about the absurdity of their claims,” he added.
