TMC boss Mamata Banerjee called for the unity of the regional parties in order to take on the BJP at the national level. (Photo: PTI / File)
Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal and head of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), sent shock waves through the convention camp on Wednesday, saying: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) no longer exists.
Mamata Banerjee, who is visiting Maharashtra, met with the head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, on Wednesday. When asked whether Pawar should be named chairman of the UPA, Mamata Banerjee said, “Which UPA? There is no UPA now. What is UPA? What will he do when he sits there? “
The TMC Supremo also attacked the Congress leadership, calling for the unity of the regional parties to take on the BJP at the national level.
Her remarks, however, were harshly criticized by Congress, which said that such behavior would prove counterproductive and help the ruling BJP.
Mamata Banerjee aims to lead the congress
Speaking to members of civil society, Mamata Banerjee claimed that she had proposed that Congress set up an advisory board made up of prominent civil society figures to guide the opposition, but that it was “in vain”.
In one Veiled excavations at Congress President Rahul GandhiMamata Banerjee said: “In politics, continuous effort is necessary. You cannot be abroad most of the time.”
When asked whether she would lead the opposition alliance against the BJP, Mamata Banerjee said she was and would continue to be a “petty worker”.
“We want to say BJP hatao, desh bachao (remove BJP, save the country),” said Mamata Banerjee, calling on the regional parties to join forces to defeat the BJP.
“The alternative has to be strong. You can’t do it alone. If someone can’t fight, what can you do? We want all parties to fight, ”she said.
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The TMC Supremo also struck against political opposition to its party’s plans to expand outside of West Bengal. “I want BJP to be politically driven out of this country. If Congress competes in Bengal, why can’t I do that in Goa? ”Said Mamata Banerjee.
Congress leaders strike back on Mamata Banerjee
Opposition leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called out Mamata Banerjee for her “There is no UPA remark”. “Doesn’t Mamata Banerjee know what UPA is? I think she started the madness. She thinks that all of India has started singing ‘Mamata, Mamata’. But India does not mean Bengal, and Bengal alone does not mean India. Your tactics in the recent polls (in West Bengal) are slowly being exposed, “ANI quoted Chowdhury as saying.
Chowdhury claimed that the UPA government had six TMC ministers in 2012 and “Mamata Banerjee made some excuses to withdraw her support for the UPA”. “She wanted to break the UPA government at the time,” he claimed.
“But she didn’t make it because there were other parties that immediately supported the government. It’s an old conspiracy of her own. Today her strength has increased because Modi ji stands behind her. So she’s making every effort to help Congress to weaken, “he added.
The Chairman of the Congress, Kapil Sibal, said: “Without the Congress, the UPA will be a body without a soul. It is time to show the unity of the opposition.”
Congress leaders also called on Mamata Banerjee for her veiled excavations at Rahul Gandhi. The chairman of the Legislative Party of Congress and finance minister of Maharashtra, Balasaheb Thorat, attacked Banerjee without naming her, saying the country is aware of the struggle that Congress is waging against the “suppression” of the BJP and the central government have.
“No single party can fight the BJP by directly or indirectly criticizing Rahul Gandhi if that party continues to reflect on its political gain and personal ambitions. Congress is the only viable option for the country and democracy, ”he said in a statement.
Thorat said Congress, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, has fought fearlessly against the BJP government for the past seven years.
“He and his entire family have been personally attacked by the BJP and other parties. Defamatory campaigns were carried out against him, but Rahul Gandhi did not give in.
“He became the voice of the poor and continued to fight the Modi government with all his might, and the people of the country accepted his point today,” said the former Maharashtra congress leader.
Secretary General of Congress KC Venugopal said “Beating the BJP without Congress is just a dream” for Mamata Banerjee.
“Everyone knows the reality of Indian politics. To think that without Congress everyone can defeat BJP is just a dream, ”Congress chief KC Venugopal told ANI.
In a tweet, AICC Telangana director Manickam Tagore said: “On July 28, 2021, Bengal CM visited the residence of the President of the Congress. On September 7, 2021, ED had a barbecue. After that, many things changed.
The opposition leader of the Congress in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge told ANI: “We have tried to involve them (TMC) in various sociopolitical issues in which the Congress has made its name. The opposition should not split and fight among themselves, we have to fight “together against the BJP.”
(With inputs from ANI)
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