Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned on Thursday (April 8) that she would preserve urging voters to vote unitedly towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even when she was served 10 of such notices, difficult the discover issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Addressing a public rally in Domjur, Mamata Banerjee is quoted as saying by ANI, “How many complaints have been filed against (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi? He does Hindu-Muslim every day, how many complaints have been filed against him? How many complaints have been registered against those people who referred to Nandigram`s Muslims as Pakistanis? Aren`t they ashamed? They cannot do anything against me. I am with Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians as well as tribals.” Â
She mentioned that even when 10 present trigger notices are issued towards me, my reply will stay the identical. I’m telling everybody to vote unitedly, there will no division,” adding “Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians, do not give a single vote to them.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the ECI had issued a discover to Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on April 3, the place she appealed to the Muslim voters to not let their vote be break up amongst completely different political events contesting within the ongoing meeting elections.
The ballot panel requested the Chief Minister to clarify her stand inside 48 hours after receiving the discover, failing which it shall “take a decision without further reference to you”.
Ahead of the fourth section of the West Bengal meeting elections, she lashed out on the BJP for elevating gas costs within the nation and accused the occasion of destroying the nation and propagating lies towards her and Trinamool Congress (TMC) via nationwide channels. She added, “They have over one lakh thugs in West Bengal to convert it into Gujarat. We will not let our state be turned into Gujarat.”Â
The West Bengal CM mentioned that the BJP has purchased a number of political leaders with cash. She hit out at ex-TMC minister Rajib Banerjee, who’s contesting from the Domjur constituency for BJP, and mentioned, “I apologise to the people of Domjur for allowing Gaddar Mir Zafar (Rajib Banerjee) to file nomination in the last election from this constituency.”
“That traitor stole money. When he was Irrigation Minister I had received a complaint so I removed him from that post and made him Forest Minister, he asked me for an engineering department, so that he could take more commission,” Mamata added.
Mamata Banerjee chastised the BJP for not coming to West Bengal in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyclone Amphan and floods, however for turning up in big numbers earlier than the meeting elections, including “Bengal will never be yours, this is Rabindra-Nazrul`s Bengal, this is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose`s Bengal, this is Raja Ram Mohan Roy`s Bengal, this is Ambedkar`s Bengal. BJP, you will never get this Bengal.”Â
Notably, the high-decibel campaigning for the fourth section of the West Bengal Assembly elections got here to an in depth after witnessing an intense tussle between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP.
The fourth section of the polls will witness 373 candidates contesting for 44 constituencies in 5 districts – Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly. The first three phases of the eight-phased elections have already taken place on March 27, April 1 and April 6, whereas the counting of the votes will happen on May 2.Â
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