Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Get together forward of the West Bengal meeting elections final 12 months, on Wednesday claimed that 38 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs are in contact with the BJP and of those, 21 legislators are instantly in contact with him.
“Do you wish to hear breaking information? At this second, 38 TMC MLAs are in contact with the BJP. Out of those, 21 are in direct contact with me. Once I was in Mumbai, I learn in newspapers one effective morning that the Shiv Sena and the BJP have fashioned the federal government in Maharashtra,” he mentioned whereas addressing a presser in Kolkata. He added that the BJP is in energy in 18 states, and its flag will “fly excessive in a couple of different states very quickly”.
#WATCH | West Bengal: Do you wish to hear breaking information? At this second, 38 TMC MLAs have excellent relations with us, out of which 21 are in direct (contact with us): BJP chief Mithun Chakraborty in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/1AI7kB4H5I
— ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2022
Reacting to this, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC mentioned Chakraborty is “attempting to idiot the individuals by making false claims”. TMC MP Santanu Sen mentioned such statements are an try and idiot the lots because it has no relation with actuality. Sen additionally reportedly mentioned, “Had heard that he was hospitalised. I feel it was a psychological sickness not bodily. Nobody in Bengal will even imagine what he’s attempting to say.”
Chief Minister Banerjee throughout an occasion on the twenty fifth anniversary of Titagarh Wagon manufacturing facility programme mentioned it’s not straightforward for the BJP to interrupt West Bengal as they must battle the “Royal Bengal Tiger first”.
“They (BJP) haven’t any work, their job is to take over the state governments via three-four businesses. They’ve taken Maharashtra, now Jharkhand however West Bengal has defeated them. It’s not straightforward to interrupt Bengal as it’s a must to battle the Royal Bengal Tiger first,” she was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
Furthermore, she additionally exuded confidence that BJP nonetheless would lose the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “I don’t know the way, however I can say they won’t come to energy… The federal government on the Centre is extra harmful than the British Raj,” the CM mentioned.
The TMC has 216 MLAs within the 294-member West Bengal meeting whereas opposition BJP has 75 legislators. Nonetheless, 5 BJP MLAs have joined the ruling TMC with out resigning as legislators.
(with inputs from PTI)
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