Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
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Senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee has slammed the Congress for “double standards” over its stand on the “misuse” of Central agencies by the Union authorities in opposition to Opposition events.
He mentioned the Congress “welcomes” it when CBI and ED “harass” different Opposition events, however frowns when its leaders are summoned.
West Bengal’s ruling get together had made it clear final month that it will preserve equidistance from each the Congress and the BJP, and attempt to work in the direction of a grouping of regional forces to take on the saffron camp within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
“When the CBI and ED conduct raids on TMC leaders in Bengal, the Congress lauds the Central agencies, but when senior Congress leaders are summoned in Delhi, they turn against the probe agencies and start protesting,” he mentioned.
Mr. Banerjee, the TMC nationwide common secretary, was talking at an Adhiveshan (conference) in Itahar late on May 1, as half of the get together’s 60-day mass outreach programme launched final month.
“The Congress talks about fighting against the BJP, but in Bengal, it is hand-in-glove with the BJP and the Left in opposing us,” he alleged.
Mr. Banerjee additionally asserted that solely the TMC can confront the saffron get together head-on.
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“Only (chief minister) Mamata Banerjee and the TMC can take the BJP head-on, not the Congress. After Congress won in Himachal Pradesh last year, the BJP-led Centre didn’t reduce the prices of LPG and cooking oil. However, when BJP lost in West Bengal in the 2021 Assembly polls, they were forced to slash the prices of LPG and cooking oil. That’s the difference, and people should vote keeping their priorities and basic needs in mind,” he mentioned on the programme in Uttar Dinajpur district.
