‘Come out of Twitter and Facebook’: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Congress’ rout in West Bengal
Senior Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has termed the occasion’s debacle in West Bengal Assembly elections as a ‘humiliating loss’. Chowdhury, who heads the Congress’ Bengal unit, mentioned that the occasion must “come out of Twitter and Facebook” and admitted that there’s a want for a change in the functioning.
In an interview with The Indian Express, Chowdhury mentioned that he can not count on any “bright prospects in this present situation”.
“However, things certainly will change because the credibility of the Narendra Modi government has been reducing day after day,” he informed the day by day.
The Lok Sabha MP from Berhampore in West Bengal mentioned that the occasion ought to have the ability to put forth its level extra vigorously and “not confine itself to Twitter or WhatsApp” however hit the streets in help of widespread folks.
“…otherwise this opportunity also will be lost,” he mentioned.
“We should hit the streets because there’s no dearth of issues and people are suffering a lot,” the 65-year-old politician mentioned, including that the Modi authorities has failed miserably in coping with the Covid scenario.
“Only the Congress and its allies can be the alternative,” he mentioned.
Though the BJP failed in its effort to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from energy in Banerjee, it is for the primary time that will probably be the primary opposition occasion in the state meeting, rising from a measly three seats in 2016 to 77. The Trinamool Congress retained energy with 213 of the 292 meeting seats that went to the polls and secured a 3rd straight time period in workplace.
The Left and the Congress, which dominated the state for many years, will this time haven’t any illustration as their alliance with the ISF the Samyukta Morcha mustered a vote share of lower than 8 per cent.
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