A day after the Samajwadi Party (SP) leadership, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief said Mamata Banerjee will campaign for the party In the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the BJP leadership in West Bengal said that his campaign would only help the BJP in the election.
West Bengal BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said the BJP leadership in Uttar Pradesh would not call Ms Banerjee a “bahirgata”. [outsider]”And let his helicopter land in the state.
Mr Adhikari, who is the most vocal critic of the Trinamool Congress president, described him as “anti-Hindu”, blaming him for the post-poll violence in the state. “Sanatanis” [Hindus] People of Uttar Pradesh will not vote for him.”
On Tuesday, SP leader Kiranmoy Nanda met Ms Banerjee at her residence in Kolkata and said she would hold a joint virtual meeting and press conference with her party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on February 8.
Mr. Adhikari said that Mr. Nanda has become irrelevant in politics. He denied the SP leader’s claim that Ms Banerjee had become a face against the BJP across the country.
On the issue of proposed amendments to the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954, Mr. Adhikari supported the Centre’s move. He cited the example of former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, against whom the Center had taken disciplinary action.
Ms Banerjee had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to withdraw the decision. He said that changes in the rules of central deputation of IAS officers will affect the administration of the states. He expressed strong objection to the proposed amendment. He alleged that it was against the spirit of cooperative federalism.
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