BJP targeting me, Abhishek Banerjee; we are not safe: Bengal CM Mamata
The TMC leader also claimed that if the BJP returns to power, there will be no more elections in future and religious rights of several communities will be at stake.
KUMARGANJ: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP is targeting her and her nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and they do not feel safe.
Her allegation came a day after the Leader of Opposition in the assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, said that there would be a “big explosion” on Monday which would shake the TMC and its top brass.
“The BJP is targeting me and Abhishek, we are not safe, but we are also not afraid of the saffron party’s conspiracy. We urge everyone to be on guard against a conspiracy against TMC leaders and the people of West Bengal,” she said.
The TMC supremo was addressing an election rally at Kumarganj in Balurghat Lok Sabha seat in favour of party candidate and state minister Biplab Mitra.
Responding to Adhikari’s remark, the TMC supremo said, “There is a traitor who joined the BJP to protect his family and ill-gotten wealth. Let me tell him, his threat to trigger a chocolate bomb explosion is treated with contempt by us.”
Adhikari, a former TMC minister, defected to the BJP ahead of the 2021 assembly elections in the state.
“If you have courage, come up with truths, come up with facts. I guess it takes time for you to fully build up a false narrative, to fully hatch the conspiracy. But rest assured we are ready to counter,” she said.
“We will counter him by bursting firecrackers. For us firecrackers are unravelling discrepancies in PM Care Fund and ‘jumla’ of crediting Rs 15 lakh in every citizen’s bank account. He only peddles falsehood,” she said.
The TMC supremo alleged that the BJP is bringing in outsiders to the state to foment trouble.
Banerjee accused the Narendra Modi government of painting independent institutions such as Doordarshan in saffron hues, and claimed that the BJP “appropriating that colour” is an insult to sacrifices made by monks and spiritual leaders of the country for ages.
She wondered how the logo of Doordarshan could be painted in saffron during elections, alleging it was done to suit the BJP’s “religion-based vote bank politics and agenda”.
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