Published By: Aashi Sadana
Last Updated: April 12, 2023, 23:50 IST
He mentioned the individuals of Bankura punished the TMC for errors dedicated by the social gathering.
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“Politics over religion and Ram Mandir is a ploy by BJP to divert attention from the failures of its government at the Centre,” the TMC chief mentioned, addressing a rally at Onda in Bankura district.
TMC common secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP authorities on the Centre of utilizing spiritual sentiments just like the Ayodhya Ram Mandir to disguise its failure to present good governance within the final 9 years.
Accusing the Centre of making an attempt to starve the West Bengal authorities of funds by withholding the MGNREGA funds, he mentioned the following elections within the state shall be fought on people-centric points and never on the narrative of faith and caste.
“BJP desires to indulge within the politics of faith to disguise its failures. Will politics over faith assist it to fulfill the starvation of the poor individuals, who’re reeling beneath the rise within the costs of necessities and cooking fuel? The reply isn’t any.
“Politics over faith and Ram Mandir is a ploy by BJP to divert consideration from the failures of its authorities on the Centre,” the TMC chief mentioned, addressing a rally at Onda in Bankura district.
The next panchayat and Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal will be held on the plank of the rights of the people of the state, he said alleging that the BJP is trying to snatch their rights.
Banerjee’s comments, considered the number two in TMC, came in the backdrop of clashes in Hooghly and Howrah districts over the Ram Navami processions. The TMC has accused BJP of fuelling communal tensions in the state.
TMC workers will hit the streets of Delhi if the Centre does not release the money due to the state, he said, upping the ante against the BJP government at the Centre ahead of the panchayat election in West Bengal.
The party will also send to Prime Minister Narendra Modi one crore signed letters by daily wagers who could not get employment under MGNREGA, the TMC leader said.
“funds to Bengal, it (BJP) is trying to punish the people of the state for their defeat in the last assembly poll in 2021. It is yet to accept the defeat. We will not bow down before it,” Banerjee mentioned.
He mentioned the individuals of Bankura “punished” the TMC for mistakes committed by the party.
The BJP had made deep inroads in the tribal-dominated Bankura district by winning both the Lok Sabha seats in 2019 and most of the assembly seats in 2021.
“Both in 2019 and 2021 (elections), the people of Bankura voted for BJP. Maybe we committed a few mistakes, but we have rectified those,” he mentioned.
Banerjee urged the individuals of the backward district to vote for the TMC.
“When the social gathering’s staff had been on the streets in Bankura through the COVID pandemic, the BJP MPs or MLAs from the district weren’t seen. We didn’t differentiate as a result of we misplaced the election right here. But if the individuals of Bankura flip away their faces this time too, TMC is not going to combat for his or her rights,” he said.
Claiming that over 18 lakh people have been affected with regards to 100 days work scheme in Bankura alone due to non-payment of dues by the Centre, Banerjee asserted that the BJP representatives from the area will never fight for the rights of the locals.
The people of Bankura regret voting for the BJP in the last Lok Sabha polls and subsequent 2021 assembly elections, he claimed.
Reacting to Banerjee’s remark that people of Bankura have realised their mistakes, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari claimed it reflects the arrogance of the TMC leader and his disregard towards people’s mandate.
“Just because the people have not voted for them means they have committed mistakes. This only shows their respect towards the democratic process of the country,” he mentioned.
The rural polls in Bengal are due in May this yr. Control over the agricultural our bodies is a should for political events for an higher hand on rivals within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, as a lot of the 42 Lok Sabha seats within the state have rural and semi-urban areas administered by panchayats.
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