West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been assembly with opposition celebration leaders for round two years now, has softened her stands towards Congress after the grand previous celebration registered a thumping victory in Karnataka polls by itself. Addressing the media in the present day, Banerjee mentioned that Trinamool Congress will help Congress within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections however the grand previous celebration should reciprocate the identical. She mentioned that Congress ought to let regional events struggle the states the place they’re robust.
Mamata Banerjee On Opposition Unity
Banerjee has been a vocal critic of Congress particularly after the grand previous celebration misplaced many state elections to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the previous few years. This is the primary time that the Bengal chief minister overtly voiced her technique for opposition unity. “I am not a magician and I am not at all an astrologer. I cannot say what will happen in future. I can tell you one thing that, wherever the regional party is strong, the BJP cannot fight there. Wherever people are very demoralised and frustrated, where there is anti-incumbency, like in Karnataka the verdict is against the BJP, so wherever the people have been antagonised, atrocities are happening, the economy has been ruined, the democratic right has been bulldozed, so in this situation, whoever is strong in that region, they should fight there together,” mentioned Banerjee.
Regional Parties Vs BJP In 2024
Banerjee mentioned that the TMC ought to struggle in West Bengal and similar to this, AAP ought to struggle Delhi and Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party needs to be given prominence in Uttar Pradesh. “In Bihar, Nitish Ji and Tejashwi are together and in some parts, Congress is also there. They should decide, I cannot decide their formula. Like in Tamil Nadu, they have friendships (Congress and DMK), and they should fight together. Regional parties should fight in states like Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab and other states,” she mentioned.Â
Mamata Banerjee’s Seat-Sharing Formula
The Bengal CM mentioned that regional events should be given precedence within the areas the place they’re robust. Revealing the seat-sharing formulation, Banerjee mentioned that Congress ought to struggle on round 200 seats whereas relaxation parliamentary seats needs to be given to regional events. “Wherever the Congress is strong, their respective 200 (Lok Sabha) seats or whatever they have calculated, we will let them fight. We will give support. They have to support the other political parties also. If I am supporting them in Karnataka and they are fighting against me in Bengal, this should not be the policy. If you want to get good things, then you will have to sacrifice yourself also in some areas,” mentioned Banerjee.Â
Mamata Banerjee mentioned that Congress additionally has to again different events to get help from them. Banerjee had earlier saluted the folks of Karnataka after the BJP misplaced energy there whereas avoiding point out of the grand previous celebration with which TMC has had run-ins up to now.
