Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Shubhendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. , Photo Credit: ANI
Leader of the Opposition Shubhendu Adhikari said on April 20 that he would send a legal notice to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had asked BJP leaders in a closed-door meeting to instigate riots in West Bengal. Mr Adhikari’s remarks come a day after the Trinamool Congress sent a legal notice to the BJP leader over his remarks that Ms. Banerjee called up Mr. Shah After Trinamool lost its national party status.
Mr Adhikari also welcomed the legal notice sent to him and said he wanted the Trinamool to approach the court seeking its intervention to make the call records of the chief minister public. The BJP leader, who had earlier dared to make a big disclosure, said that since there were privacy issues, he could not make the Chief Minister’s call details public. Mr Adhikari had alleged that the Chief Minister had called up the Home Minister on the landline and requested him to restore the national party status till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “I accept your challenge, please accept mine too,” said Mr. Adhikari.
The BJP leader said that the Chief Minister has made allegations against the Election Commission and he has written to the Election Commission to take action against the Trinamool.
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The Nandigram MLA said that the Trinamool has become a regional party and nothing can change that. Mr Adhikari highlighted irregularities in the implementation of the Mid Day Meal Project and Jal Jeevan Mission and said that he had written to the concerned ministries. The BJP leader, who has become one of the most strident critics of the Trinamool Congress president after joining the BJP in December 2020, claimed that Ms Banerjee’s days as chief minister are numbered.
The CPI(M) could not fight you and the Congress leadership in Delhi took your side. You had an established opposition for the last two terms (2011-2016 and 2016-2021). Now you have to face a real opposition,” Mr Adhikari said. The Leader of Opposition also alleged that the Trinamool Congress leadership was delaying the panchayat polls as several of its leaders were behind bars for their alleged involvement in the school job scam.
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said the authorities have been making allegations for the last two and a half years but have not been able to prove anything.