New Delhi: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary has said that despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s softening of stance towards the grand old party, his party will definitely contest the elections against the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. Chowdhary reacted coldly to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s announcement that the Trinamool Congress would support the Congress wherever it is strong but “should not fight against it in Bengal”.
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Responding to his statement, Choudhary said, “We will definitely contest the elections; wherever the need arises, we will fight.” Chowdhary further accused Mamata Banerjee of making statements as if with the Congress victory in Karnataka, she felt that she would not be able to survive without an alliance with the Congress.
“With the victory of Congress, Mamata Banerjee now feels that she will not be able to work at any cost without compromising with Congress, have you ever heard Mamata Banerjee saying this before Karnataka elections, to defeat BJP Vote for Congress? She is the same Mamata.” Banerjee who has visited Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to support the people fighting against the BJP, but why didn’t she go to Karnataka to support the Congress?” asked Chowdhury.
Chowdhary also criticized the Bengal Chief Minister for ignoring Rahul Gandhi after the Karnataka victory and during the Bharat Jodo Yatra and said that he did not mention Rahul Gandhi’s name even once after the party’s victory in the Karnataka assembly elections. Is.
We emerged victorious in Karnataka, but they did not take the name of Rahul Gandhi even once. Even during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, he did not say anything. a word from his mouth. When he was disqualified from Parliament, he did not say anything,” he alleged.
The Congress MP also claimed that it was because of Sonia Gandhi, former Congress president, that Mamata Banerjee managed to come to power in WB in 2011 and later tried everything possible to oust the Congress from Bengal politics. .
On Monday, Mamata Banerjee said that parties which are strong in a particular region should fight together and if she is supporting the Congress in states like Karnataka, “she should not fight against me in Bengal.”
Will support Congress: Mamata
Speaking to media persons in Nabanna, Banerjee, who is the Trinamool Congress chief, said the BJP cannot fight wherever a regional political party is strong. He targeted the BJP and said the verdict in Karnataka was “against the BJP government”.
He said, “People are demoralized and disappointed… People are in protest… The economy is ruined. Democratic rights are being bulldozed. Even wrestlers are not spared. So this situation In Delhi, I think whoever is strong in a particular region should fight together. In Bengal, we (TMC) should fight… In Delhi, AAP should fight,” Mamata Banerjee said.
He said the Congress is strong in around 200 Lok Sabha seats and the party is ready to extend support there.
“In Bihar, Nitish ji, Tejashwi, some part is Congress, they will decide, I can’t decide on their formula. Wherever regional party is very strong, you see… Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chennai , Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab, strong party should be given priority. Wherever Congress is strong in their respective 200 seats or something. Let them fight, we will support, there is nothing wrong in that. But they (Congress ) has to support other political parties as well. I am supporting you in Karnataka. But, you are fighting against me every day – this should not be the policy.”