West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna in Howrah on April 17, 2023. Photo Credit: PTI
Accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “plotting” to topple her government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded the home minister’s resignation on 17 April.
Ms Banerjee raised the statement made by Mr Shah during a public meeting on April 14, where he urged people to give “35 seats to his party in 2024” and said “Mamataji’s government will fall in 2025”. .
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“The Home Minister is saying that he will topple an elected government. After making such a statement, he (Mr Shah) cannot continue as the Home Minister. He should resign from the post of Home Minister.
Ms Banerjee also mocked the Home Minister’s claims and said the BJP would not be able to win five seats in West Bengal in 2024. He also called for unity of the opposition and hoped that the BJP would not form the government in 2024. , BJP will lose the 2024 election,” Ms Banerjee said.
But Questioning of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal By the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi Excise Policy case, she said the Center was trying to make an example that it would not spare the chief minister.
Pulwama incident investigation
Ms Banerjee also raised recent interviews Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik And demanded an inquiry into the Pulwama incident. The Chief Minister said that attempts were made to polarize and endanger nationalism after the Pulwama incident in which many jawans lost their lives.
CM demands judicial inquiry “Only judiciary can save the country. If the present judge investigates the incident, the truth will come out.
he also raised Atiq Ahmed and his brother killed in Uttar Pradesh And asked how many central teams have visited Uttar Pradesh after the incident. Ms. Banerjee said so far 151 central teams have visited West Bengal, which also deals with post-poll violence. “Whatever I saw in Uttar Pradesh, I didn’t like it,” he said, adding that “the double engine is the BJP’s double standard”.
Game plan for arrest of MLAs
answering questions from reporters arrest of their legislatorsThe Trinamool Congress president said that the BJP plans to arrest maximum number of MLAs so that the Trinamool’s strength in the assembly is reduced.
“Since we have many MLAs and some BJP MLAs have also joined us, they are unable to do anything,” he said. hours ago on April 17, Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha has been arrested He is the third Trinamool MLA to be arrested by the CBI in a recruitment scam.
Fresh fear of NRC
The Chief Minister also referred to a recent letter from the Government of India regarding the updating and deletion of invalid Aadhaar cards in certain areas of the State. Ms Banerjee said the letter refers to areas in North and South 24 Parganas where the exercise will be conducted. “We all know who lives in these areas,” the chief minister said, hinting. Ms Banerjee said the Center is trying to invoke the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, under the garb of updating and deleting Aadhaar cards. “We will not allow NRC or CAA to be implemented in Bengal,” he said.