West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday addressed her party\u2019s Martyrs\u2019 Day programme virtually, appealing to Opposition leaders across the country to build a strong front to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2024. Several Opposition leaders were listening to her address from Delhi and other parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Banerjee called for a national level front to be formed by the Opposition, saying: \u201ca patient, if dead, cannot be revived. So whatever is to be done, must be done as long as the patient is alive.\u201d She said that \u201cpeople will not forgive us\u201d if we do not form a firm Opposition and save the country. She indicated that this is to be done well ahead of the Lok Sabha polls 2024.<\/p>\n
The Trinamool Congress has been pitching the programme today as a national event, bringing together important Opposition leaders. Banerjee will be in Delhi later this week, and said a meeting of Opposition leaders needs to be organised during her visit so that a dialogue can be held. \u201cThe more we delay this, the worse the situation of people will be,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said that a political movement is required in every state to protest the alleged phone tapping through Pegasus. Banerjee said that phones of her poll strategist Prashant Kishor was targeted and so was the phone of her party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. \u201cI am unable to speak with senior leaders of various parties as my phone is tapped,\u201d she said. Mamata Banerjee added that the Central government was not spending money for the poor, but using resources to spy on people, including Opposition leaders. \u201cThe price of essential commodities are rising meanwhile, but they (the senior BJP leaders) are not bothered,\u201d Banerjee said.<\/p>\n
She said that she was grateful that people across the country were looking towards Bengal and the election results of the Assembly election indicated that it was possible to defeat the BJP. The same is applicable across the country, she said.<\/p>\n
Banerjee said that the BJP-led government at the Centre was a monumental failure in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, and the situation in Uttar Pradesh reflected this glaring failure. \u201cAnd yet, the Prime Minister has said that UP has performed well in handling COVID. All the while, bodies of the deceased were not cremated but thrown into the river,\u201d Banerjee said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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