‘Target Red Fort’, says Mamata in response to BJP’s ‘Target Bangla
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday raised a ‘Target Lal Qila’ battle cry to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Target Bangla’ call in the backdrop of the BJP’s victory over the Left in the assembly elections in Tripura last week.
Hours after ending the 25-year Communist Party of India (Marxist) reign in Tripura on Saturday, BJP president Amit Shah had said that the golden era would begin only after the party emerged victorious in West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha.
“Some are saying that their next target is Bangla (West Bengal). If that is the case, our target will be Delhi’s Lal Qila. So, let’s march to Delhi,” the Trinamool Congress chief said at a public rally in Purulia district.
Banerjee had earlier discussed the possibility of a “federal front” with the Congress, the Samajwadi Party in UP, the Biju Janata Dal in Odisha and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar.
She had also shared a dais with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal
› BJPRSS is trying to trigger riots in Bengal by purposely throwing meats in places of worship. The police force must step up vigil and also involve the common people. MAMATA BANERJEE, West Bengal chief minister and TMC president
of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). According to a release by the Telangana government, Banerjee spoke to chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on the phone on Sunday, supporting his call for a non-Congress, non-BJP front. The BJP, however, said it was not worried by Banerjee’s statements.