In one other blow to the BJP, the get together’s Alipurduar district president Ganga Prasad Sharma on Monday joined the TMC as senior chief of the state’s ruling get together Mukul Roy, who switched sides two weeks in the past, claimed that it It was the “beginning”. The finish of the saffron get together” within the state.
Seven different BJP leaders from the area additionally adopted in Sharma’s footsteps and joined Mamata Banerjee’s camp.
Addressing a press convention right here, Roy stated the rise of the BJP within the state started with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when it managed to seize a number of seats in North Bengal and its downfall would additionally start from this area.
Roy, who was till just lately the saffron get together’s nationwide vice chairman, underlined, “This is a glimpse ahead… BJP’s downfall in the state is imminent.”
Asked what he needed to say about BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari’s request to resign as MLA after profitable the Krishnanagar North meeting seat on a saffron camp ticket, Roy stated, “He should first find out that his father (Shisir Officer) What were they? By.”
Roy was referring to the TMC’s demand for disqualification of Kanthi MP Sishir Adhikari, who had joined the BJP like his son earlier than the elections.
Sharma, on his half, alleged that the BJP ignored the feelings of grassroots staff whereas choosing candidates for the meeting elections, “involving people of their own free will and taking them to Delhi”.
“We felt neglected but still gave our best to the organization and ensured that five saffron camp candidates from Alipurduar district win the assembly elections. Now, however, I intend to work for the people under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee,” he stated.
Rejecting Suvendu Adhikari’s declare that Sharma had refused a saffron get together ticket within the meeting polls, switching sides, Sharma stated, “I need to ask him whether or not he determined to hitch the BJP earlier than the elections. Why did you do it? Also, I need to know why he was made the Leader of Opposition within the Assembly and never Manoj Tigga, a senior and dependable member of the camp.
Coming down closely on native MP John Barla, who has just lately demanded a separate union territory comprising the districts of North Bengal, the BJP’s turncoat stated the MP, as an alternative of doing one thing constructive for the area, “division fueling the fire”.
TMC’s chief whip within the Upper House Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, who was additionally current on the press convention, stated the folks of the state would flip even additional away from the BJP due to its calls for for “separatism”.
Echoing him, Education Minister and senior TMC chief Bratya Basu stated that the saffron camp, on one hand, is celebrating ‘Poschimbongo Divas’ (West Bengal Day), and on the opposite, its MPs are demanding bifurcation of the state. , in which there’s none. with regard to its integrity.
Talking about Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s go to to North Bengal, the TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP stated, “He is free to go anywhere… but he should have taken the state government into confidence.”
Dhankhar has began a day-long tour of North Bengal for per week amid the controversy within the area over Barla’s demand.
Criticizing state BJP president Dilip Ghosh’s declare that Bengal is turning into a secure haven for terrorist organizations as a result of state authorities’s inaction, the TMC MP stated, “Central agencies to keep track of terrorist activities.” If we had been to consider that, the plain query
What are these companies doing?”
“Are the agencies only there to harass and arrest student activists and those who raise their voice against the policies of the BJP government?” MP added.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
