Speaking at a meeting of TMC MLAs at her residence, Mamata alleged that minority communities and roadside hawkers are being targeted by the newly formed BJP government in West Bengal.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that it will soon be “removed from power in Delhi,” with her nephew and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee, who recently received a demolition notice over alleged unauthorised construction, saying that he won’t give in to any form of intimidation.
Speaking at a meeting of TMC MLAs at her residence, Mamata alleged that minority communities and roadside hawkers are being targeted by the newly formed BJP government in West Bengal. “Minority communities are being targeted. Hawkers stalls are being bulldozed,” she said, referring to alleged instances of post-poll violence and action against illegal encroachment in recent days in various parts of the state.
“This government is tampering with our constitutional ideas and values,” Mamata claimed, criticising the Suvendu Adhikari-led state government. She also suggested that the BJP, which leads the country’s ruling National Democratic Alliance, will lose power in the Centre in the near future. “BJP will be removed from power in Delhi in coming days,” she remarked.
ABHISHEK BANERJEE’S DARE TO BJP
The meeting chaired by Mamata was also attended by Abhishek, who is also the national general secretary of the TMC. He addressed the notice sent to him by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), which has directed him to demolish “unauthorized parts” of his house in south Kolkata.
The TMC leader said, “Let them do whatever they want… raze down my home, send notice; I won’t bow down over these things. Come what may, fight will continue against BJP.” It is worth mentioning here that the KMC, which sent the demolition notice, is still under the control of the TMC, and party MLA Firhad Hakim, considered a close aide of Mamata, is the mayor of Kolkata.
