Calcutta: Mamata Banerjee said- If opposition parties unite then BJP is not invincible
Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the BJP will not be invincible if the opposition parties “fight all out” in all states across the country.
“I will fight against BJP with all my strength and ensure victory (in the Lok Sabha elections). Khelete hobe (We have to perform in the game), Jeete hobe (We have to win). If political parties – both regional and national and frontal organizations – fight the BJP in the same spirit (like us) in all the states across the country, the BJP can be defeated,” Mamata said in her 48th campaign against the alleged lacklusterness of the Narendra Modi government. Said while ending the hour-long protest. Bengal.
Frontal organizations of Trinamool will continue their protest.
“If BJP thinks they are invincible, I would like to remind them that no one remains in power forever,” Mamata said.
Mamata’s call to all parties to “fight all the way” came on a day when activist Yogendra Yadav, who participated in her protest, urged her to lead the opposition faction by bringing together all non-BJP parties. platform.
Before expressing her expectations from other parties and organisations, Mamata said, “Amar appotti nei (I have no objection).”
Yadav’s request, who was recently seen with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, assumes significance in view of Mamata’s message to the Congress that though she is committed to India, there is no alliance between Trinamool and the grand old party in Bengal. will be.
In the last few days, Mamata said that Trinamool will take on the BJP alone on all 42 seats in Bengal. In Bengal, Left and Congress have started talks on seat sharing.
A Trinamool source said talks between the Left and Congress for an alliance are a good sign for Bengal’s ruling party as their coming together will split anti-Trinamool votes.
“Didi does not want to join hands with the Congress… just remember what she said yesterday,” a Trinamool source said, referring to Mamata’s comments on Friday when she had expressed doubt that the Congress would “ Will the country get 40 seats or not?
All was not well between Congress and Trinamool in recent months. But relations suffered a fresh blow when Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Bengal “without informing” Mamata.
“Who stopped him (Rahul) from writing to him directly or inviting him for a visit?” A source close to Mamata asked. “This is political immaturity…Congress could have handled the yatra in Bengal differently.”
Unlike its Bengal unit, the Congress central leadership was restrained during the Bengal leg of the yatra despite non-cooperation from the administration or facing regular digs at Rahul by Mamata and other Trinamool leaders. When Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh was asked on Friday about Mamata’s doubts over his party’s ability to win seats, he showed restraint. “We are assuming that she (Mamata Banerjee) is still part of the India Bloc, a grouping of 27 parties. He claims that his priority is to fight BJP. Our priority is also to fight BJP.
