Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s silence on Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra. file. , Photo Credit: PTI
West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary on Monday questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s silence on the support of the Congress. India Jodo Yatra,
“By keeping quiet on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the chief minister is supporting the BJP’s agenda,” Chowdhury said. The Congress leader, who is organizing a similar yatra in West Bengal from Ganga Sagar to Darjeeling, also said that Rahul Gandhi had sent an invitation to the Trinamool Congress, but none of their leaders participated in the yatra.
The state Congress president’s remarks come a day after Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha praised the Bharat Jodi Yatra on Sunday, calling it “historic and revolutionary”. Mr. Sinha, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Asansol last year on a Trinamool Congress ticket, described Mr. Gandhi as a “youth icon” and prime ministerial candidate. talking to ANIHe compared Bharat Jodo Yatra with Lal Krishna Advani’s Rath Yatra and former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar’s.
Shri Sinha’s praise for the Bharat Jodo Yatra did not go down well with a section of his own party leaders. Trinamool’s Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen said the Asansol MP’s comments could be his personal opinion and the Congress party should first try to keep its party together and prevent defections in the BJP.
State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar said that “Shatrughan Sinha and his comments should not be taken seriously”.
There have been several instances in the past where the Trinamool Congress leadership has been critical of the Congress party and its leadership. Published editorial in wake up bangla In December 2021 said that “the Congress was in a deep freezer” and said that Trinamool President Mamata Banerjee would lead the opposition in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Last year, the Trinamool leadership decided not to support the opposition party’s vice-presidential candidate Margaret Alva and abstained from voting during the vice-presidential election.