Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had \u201cconverted election in the country into a dirty game\u201d. She was speaking at a \u201cvirtual rally\u201d of her party\u2019s Martyrs\u2019 Day programme.<\/p>\n
The annual event of the Trinamool Congress \u2013 that brings lakhs of people from across the state to Kolkata \u2013 could not be held at Esplanade this year due to the COVID-19 situation. \u201cThey (the BJP) are trying to dissolve all [non-BJP ruled] state governments so that no other political party can exist in the country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Without naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Banerjee said that \u201cthe duo\u201d is trying to create a situation of \u201cone nation-one political party\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n
In Bengal, the BJP is \u201cusing agencies (Central government agencies) and some former cadres of the CPI-M to wrest power here\u201d. \u201cThey are hatching a conspiracy with some cadres to create unrest here, and they are sitting on main thoroughfares in the name of protest\u201d, she said. She warned that with the Assembly elections knocking at the door it is possible that artistes, politicians would be called up and huge sums of money get deposited in their accounts in exchange of support. “They are using money to purchase people and votes, but be warned that it will pave the way for what is happening in other states and people’s voices are going to be gagged eventually,” she warned.<\/p>\n
The Trinamool Congress chief further warned that \u201cno outsider\u201d could come into power in West Bengal. \u201cOnly those who are from Bengal, will run the government here,\u201d she said, adding that outsiders were trying to create unrest here. \u201cThey are creating riots and talking about encounters every day and trying to divide people,\u201d she said. Banerjee spoke about the recent riots in Delhi and \u201cencounters in Uttar Pradesh\u201d and \u201cpeople\u2019s fear\u201d in BJP-ruled states about protesting. \u201cWhat is happening in Uttar Pradesh?\u201d she asked, adding that one could be murdered for wanting to lodge a complaint, and even police personnel are being killed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not plan development instead?\u201d she asked without naming Modi and Shah, and added that the Centre is taking advantage of the country\u2019s pandemic situation and changing laws in the country without discussing the matters with opposition political parties. She highlighted the way government-run organisations were being increasingly privatised, including Indian Railways among others.<\/p>\n
The Martyrs\u2019 Day meeting is marked by Trinamool Congress chief\u2019s pep talk to her party workers and Tuesday\u2019s meeting was no exception as Banerjee called out her party workers to start planning for next year\u2019s meeting on July 21. By then, the Assembly election of 2021 would have been over and the results would indicate who would form the next government in Bengal. Mamata Banerjee asked her party workers to prepare to celebrate her party forming the next government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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