New Delhi: Slamming the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’ resolution to abstain from voting within the upcoming Vice Presidential election 2022, Opposition choose Margaret Alva on Friday (July 22) mentioned this isn’t the time for “’whataboutery’, ego or anger”. Calling West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee an “epitome of braveness”, Alva urged her to again the Opposition. “The TMC’s resolution to abstain from voting within the VP election is disappointing. This is not the time for ‘whataboutery’, ego or anger. That is the time for braveness, management & unity. I consider, @MamataOfficial , who’s the epitome of braveness, will stand with the opposition,” the Opposition VP candidate tweeted.
The previous Union Minister’s comment comes a day after senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee mentioned that the social gathering will abstain from the vice presidential election saying the Opposition candidate was determined with out consulting Mamata Banerjee’s social gathering.
The TMC’s resolution to abstain from voting within the VP election is disappointing. This is not the time for ‘whataboutery’, ego or anger. That is the time for braveness, management & unity. I consider, @MamataOfficial , who’s the epitome of braveness, will stand with the opposition.
— Margaret Alva (@alva_margaret) July 22, 2022
“There isn’t any query of supporting the NDA candidate, particularly Jagdeep Dhankhar. However after at this time’s assembly with social gathering lawmakers, it has been determined that we are going to abstain from the vice presidential election,” the Trinamool Congress nationwide normal secretary mentioned.
“We disagree with the method of saying the Opposition candidate with out maintaining TMC within the loop. We had been neither consulted nor was something mentioned with us. So we will not assist the Opposition nominee,” Abhishek Banerjee was quoted as saying by PTI.
Attacking Mamata Banerjee over the choice to abstain from the VP election, Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged the West Bengal CM has a pact with BJP. “West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is a Vice Presidential candidate, he usually used to have a spat with the Chief Minister. A couple of days in the past, Governor known as Mamata Banerjee in Darjeeling and so they had a gathering together with Assam Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma on the Darjeeling Governor`s Home. The subsequent day he was introduced as Vice Presidential candidate, which implies there was a Darjeeling pact amongst them,” Chowdhury advised ANI.
In the meantime, veteran Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday mentioned the opposition ought to work unitedly and they’re going to attempt to discover the rationale behind TMC’s resolution on the August 6 vice presidential polls.
(With company inputs)