Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged all political events within the nation to unitedly struggle the BJP in subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha election and take away it from energy to save lots of Indian democracy. Banerjee, additionally the Trinamool Congress supremo, started a two-day sit-in in the course of the day in opposition to the BJP-led Union authorities’s alleged discriminatory perspective in direction of the state. Stating that the 2024 Parliamentary polls will probably be a struggle between the residents of the nation and the BJP, Banerjee stated folks from all religions — Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Parsi —Â should unite to defeat the saffron celebration and save the poor folks of the nation.
Addressing a gathering on the demonstration web site close to the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar on Red Road, she described the BJP as ‘Dushasana’ and ‘Duryodhana’ — the 2 antagonists of the epic Mahabharata.
“I urge every political party in India to unite to oust this Dushasana BJP government. This Duryodhana BJP should be removed from power to save the country’s common man as well as Indian democracy,” Banerjee stated.
Our Hon’ble Chairperson Smt @MamataOfficial has by no means bowed all the way down to autocratic forces and NEVER WILL! Throughout her life, she has given her all to struggle for folks & their rights.
Undeterred, she protests in opposition to @BJP4India‘s FASCIST ATTITUDE. pic.twitter.com/iJTsootonr
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 29, 2023
Banerjee began the protest alleging that the Centre has stopped releasing funds to the state for MGNREGA and several other different schemes.
“Every citizen of this country is a leader against the fight with BJP. This will be a one-is-to-one fight,” she stated.
Banerjee asserted that the BJP will lose the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as most of its allies have abandoned the celebration.
“Their (BJP’s) peak time is over. When they had come to power they had 17 allies. Now, they are alone as 16 have deserted them. What will they do alone? They will get votes only in UP and MP,” the chief minister stated.
The TMC chief stated her celebration will again Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.
Apparently referring to TMC’s Birbhum president Anubrata Mondal’s arrest in a cattle smuggling case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which has taken him to the nationwide capital,
Banerjee alleged that opposition leaders are arrested and being taken to Delhi in order that they can’t work for the celebration forward of the panchayat elections within the state.
In a washer named ‘BJP’ which was introduced on the stage, Banerjee put black garments which turned white. She asserted that corrupt leaders had been spared after becoming a member of the saffron camp.
Hon’ble CM @MamataOfficial calls out @BJP4India’s hypocrisy.
Under BJP’s rule, the opposition is endlessly harassed by Central Agencies. But the minute an opposition chief joins the BJP, they change into harmless as a lamb.
That’s the magic of BJP WASHING MACHINE! pic.twitter.com/Z4hbvQQ5U0
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 29, 2023
Lashing out on the BJP for questioning how she, being the chief minister of a state, sits on an illustration, Banerjee stated that if required, she’s going to go to Delhi and stage a sit-in exterior the prime minister’s residence.
“People were asking me whether I am demonstrating on behalf of the state government or the Trinamool Congress… I will say I am demonstrating on behalf of my party and not the state government,” the TMC boss stated.
She claimed that those that bought state authorities jobs illegally by ‘chits’ in the course of the Left Front regime are demanding a hike in dearness allowance.
“You can see that we have kept a copy of the Constitution here. So, we must remember that the copy is kept here by those who have respect for it, the democracy and secularism of the nation… From here, I will give a call for ‘save India, save democracy’,” she stated.
Banerjee warned those who any kind of communal incitement within the title of celebrating ‘Ram Navami’ on Thursday wouldn’t be tolerated.
“The BJP leaders are saying that they will go out with weapons in Ram Navami processions. I will not stop them… But if in the name of Ram Navami processions, there is an attempt to create unrest, the law will follow its own course,” she stated.
Hon’ble Chairperson Smt. @MamataOfficial leads a REMARKABLE DHARNA, fiercely protesting the Central Govt.’s indifference in direction of Bengal and preventing for folks’s rights.
Together, we will win! pic.twitter.com/UkO4r3qlWD
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 29, 2023
The sit-in will proceed until 7 pm on Thursday and Banerjee will keep on the venue your complete night time for that, strict safety preparations have been made in and round it.
Since she won’t go to the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ in the course of the demonstration, a short lived workplace was opened on the venue in order that the executive work is just not hampered.
Before this sit-in, Banerjee in February 2019 had held a night-long demonstration when CBI officers went to the residence of the then metropolis Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to query him on Ponzi schemes.
