Former Goa Chief Minister and Congress veteran Luizinho Faleiro joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after visiting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna, the state authorities’s headquarters in Kolkata on Wednesday. TMC leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Subrata Mukherjee and Saugata Roy had been current throughout his becoming a member of.
Faleiro stated, “I labored for forty years to guard the ideology and ideas of Congress. Congress is now divided between Sharad Pawar’s Congress, Trinamool Congress and YSR Congress. We must as soon as once more strengthen the Congress household in order that Together we are able to defeat the BJP.My dream is to carry the Congress household collectively as a result of the place there’s unity there’s power and solely power will carry victory.
He stated, ‘I’m becoming a member of TMC to defeat BJP. Goa is underneath BJP and is in very unhealthy form. Goa wants Didi (Mamata Banerjee). We requested him to return to Goa and assist the individuals of Goa to guard their tradition and heritage.
Veteran Congress chief Luizinho Faleiro on Wednesday joined the Trinamool Congress.
Meanwhile, at a press convention at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, All India Trinamool Congress basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee attacked the Congress and stated, “In the final seven years, we have now been taking to the streets and defeating the BJP, however Congress BJP had defeated. . In Goa, TMC will battle alone with BJP.
Further, answering a query about taking assist from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which can also be contesting the meeting elections in Goa, Banerjee stated: “TMC will fight it alone. I hope this puts an end to all speculations.”
According to TMC sources, together with Faleiro, 9 different leaders – Lavu Mamledar, Yatish Naik, Vijay Vasudev Poi, Mario Pinto de Santana, Anand Naik, Rabindranath Faleiro, Shivdas Sonu Naik, Rajendra Shivaji Kakodkar and Antonio Monteiro Clovis da Costa – joined . Party Wednesday.
“Our leaders Derek O’Brien, Shekhendu Shekhar Roy, Prasun Banerjee and Monoj Tiwari are in Goa and tomorrow (Thursday) more people will join the TMC,” Roy stated.
Meanwhile, TMC Founder and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated in a tweet, “It is a matter of great pride for me to welcome Shri @luizinhofaleiro, former Goa CM, 7-time MLA and veteran Goa leader, to the Trinamool Congress family. . Together we will stand for every Goa, fight divisive forces and work towards ushering in a new dawn for Goa.”
I’m additionally completely happy to welcome former MGP MLA Shri Lavu Mamledar, Congress General Secretaries Yatish Naik and Vijay Poi and Congress Secretaries Mario Pinto de Santana and Anand Naik to the celebration. (2/3)
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 29, 2021
On Wednesday, whereas Faleiro spoke of uniting the “fractured Congress family”, Abhishek Banerjee, nonetheless, stated the Congress wants to return out and hit the streets.
Banerjee left no stone unturned in saying that the Congress wanted to do extra than simply chair politics. “If Congress isn’t doing something then we can not sit idle. Congress is sitting idle and watching issues as they’re occurring. Congress has to stand up from the chair and take to the streets. This can’t be completed sitting within the consolation of 1’s personal properties in Delhi. We will not be a celebration that exists solely on Twitter and social media. We are a celebration that has taken to the streets. Instead of being a keyboard warrior, we need to be an actual warrior who will floor on Mamata Banerjee’s ideologies.
He additional stated that the meeting elections in Goa could also be only a few months away, however timing won’t be an element that can have an effect on TMC’s prospects within the state. “The party will put all its weight behind the Goa unit,” Banerjee stated. “Every election is ultimately decided by the people of the state. Once the people of the state decide to go with the TMC and consider the TMC as the only option to oust the BJP from the state, I think time will not be a factor,” he stated.
(with inputs from Mayura Janwalkar)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
