Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that it will face opposition from people like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan due to the continuous rise in fuel prices in the country.
He claimed that the Mamata Banerjee government of West Bengal is putting money in the hands of women through a scheme, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is raising the prices of LPG to around Rs 1,100 per cylinder.
He said that the prices of petrol and diesel are also increasing continuously.
Addressing a public meeting in Dhupguri, Mr. Banerjee said, “What happened in Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, I am sure the people of India will create a similar situation against the BJP.”
Protesters in crisis-hit Sri Lanka recently stormed the official residences of the president and prime minister, though they had already left. However, why Mr. Banerjee mentioned Afghanistan is not clear.
West Bengal will not be divided till Mamata Banerjee becomes CM: Abhishek
Mr. Banerjee also said that the TMC’s North Bengal leaders, due to which voters turned away from the party in the last Lok Sabha and assembly elections, would not get tickets in the next panchayat elections.
Referring to the demand for a separate state comprising the northern districts of West Bengal by a section of BJP leaders, Mr Banerjee, who is not considered. The Trinamool Congress in 2 insisted that unless Mamata Banerjee is the chief minister, no one would dare to divide the state.
“Due to some leaders, voters of North Bengal had turned away from TMC in 2019 Lok Sabha and 2021 assembly elections. The party has identified them and none of such people will be given ticket in Panchayat elections (to be held next year).
The saffron party performed well in those two elections in northern districts such as Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar.
Seeking to project a clean image of the ruling party in the state, he said it was up to him to decide whether he would work for the Trinamool Congress or for his business as a contractor.
There have been allegations of building assets disproportionate to the known sources of income by some TMC panchayat leaders in some areas.
No ticket based on bank balance, he says
Addressing a public meeting at Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district, Banerjee said, “Nobody will get panchayat election ticket on the basis of bank balance. It will be on the basis of people’s certificates.” State.
He said that he does not like the word ‘North Bengal’ as it seems that the region is separate from the rest of the state.
“There is only West Bengal and no south or north. If anyone thinks of dividing Bengal, we will stop it with the last drop of our blood,” he said.
Demand for a separate state or union territory for the northern part of the state Over the years, the BJP has alleged that there has been no development in the region.
He claimed that the Left Front did nothing for the development of North Bengal during its 34-year-long rule, while the TMC has largely bridged the gap after coming to power in 2011.
Acknowledging that the TMC leadership in the districts of North Bengal had committed some errors, Mr. Banerjee said, “I have come to apologize to you and give you my promise that I will visit these places regularly.” Mr Banerjee asked local Trinamool Congress leaders to walk the extra mile ahead of the panchayat polls in all booth areas where the party had performed poorly in the last assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
He asked them to bring a report card of their activities when they go to Kolkata to attend the Trinamool Congress’s July 21 Martys Day rally in the last one year after the assembly elections.
On BJP leaders’ claim that central funding should be stopped if a central scheme like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is renamed as Bangla Awas Yojana, he said that if a program is being run in any state, its name should be Should be.