Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Advocating for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 general elections on Wednesday, he said he was keen to meet the parties when he visits Delhi next week.
Addressing a virtual gathering to mark Martyrs’ Day, Banerjee said there was no time to waste planning for general elections. “I will be in Delhi next week and I want to meet opposition leaders during the current Parliament session,” he said. I propose that you call a meeting of opposition leaders this month between 26-28, we are willing to participate in it.”
Diverting her victory slogan to ‘khela hobe’ in the state, Banerjee said one game has been played in Bengal and another game is going on. “We will declare August 16 as sports day in Bengal,” he said.
Hitting out at the Center over the Pegasus espionage controversy, Banerjee said she could not talk to opposition leaders as she knew her phone was being tapped. “In the name of Pegasus, they are infiltrating our lives. I have covered my phone with plastic, the government should also plaster it.
He appealed to the Supreme Court judges to take suo motu cognizance of the fact that all phones are being tapped, saying that “the need of the hour is to save this democracy”.
Invoking Tagore, the Chief Minister said that the people of Bengal have destroyed the BJP’s money and muscle power.
Banerjee was speaking at an event to commemorate Martyrs’ Day, an important date for the TMC as it was on this day in 1993 that 13 people were shot dead by the Bengal Police in Kolkata during a rally led by Banerjee by the West Bengal Youth Congress. . Voter ID card should be made the only document for voting. The movement had helped establish a young Banerjee into a leader who had no family ties to politics, but a grassroots affiliation.
In 1998, when Banerjee broke away from the Congress to form the TMC, she continued to mark 21 July every year.
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