The Trinamool Congress is aware of it is shedding the West Bengal meeting elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party mentioned on Wednesday whereas rejecting the TMC’s accusation that it was distributing Rs 1,000 coupons to lure voters. The newest spherical of verbal sniping ratcheted up the rhetoric through the vitriolic marketing campaign for the eight-phase polls, with the BJP seeking to unseat two-term chief minister Mamata Banerjee within the politically essential state.
Terming the allegations pretend, state BJP vice-president Pratap Banerjee mentioned no such coupons got on behalf of the celebration.
“The TMC is demoralised with the first three phases of the elections. They know that they are going to lose the polls and so they are coming up with such dirty political strategies. No one from the BJP is distributing such coupons,” he mentioned.
The BJP’s response got here after Mamata Banerjee accused the celebration of handing out coupons to bribe voters.
Addressing a public assembly in Cooch Behar on Wednesday, she mentioned, “We came to know that BJP leaders in Raidighi (in South 24 Parganas district) are distributing Rs 1,000 coupons to lure voters. They are telling the voters that they will get Rs 1,000 if they vote for the BJP. Please be careful. It will be a sin to accept their coupon because it is their ill-gotten money.”
She requested the folks current on the rally to query Narendra Modi concerning the Rs 15 lakh which, the TMC chief mentioned, he had promised each Indian after he turned the Prime Minister in 2014.
Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy mentioned, “This is shocking that the BJP is luring people through such coupons and the Election Commission is silent. They are asking people to attend PM Modi’s rally in exchange for such coupons. This clearly shows that they are losing this election. I would like to thank all the people in Bengal for their support to Mamata Banerjee in the first three phases of the elections and we are hopeful to get their support in the rest of the five phases.”
Bengal has 5 extra voting days on April 10, 17, 22, 26 and 29, earlier than relying on May 2.
Claiming that there is a robust ‘Modi wave’ in Bengal, BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya mentioned, “Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a strong leader, not only in India but also globally. Our party’s position is not that bad that we have to depend on Rs 1,000 coupons to win the people’s hearts and confidence. Such allegations clearly show that the TMC’s days are numbered in Bengal. If we actually distributed the coupons, then why is the TMC not approaching the EC? Let there be an investigation into the matter.”
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