Mamata slams turncoats, vows TMC win
ALIPURDUAR: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticised “BJP’S brand of politics”, and said it was an irony that the Centre did not have funds to bear the travel expenses of migrant workers, but corrupt leaders were flown to Delhi in a chartered plane.
The TMC supremo, training her guns at all deserters, said the turncoats would be defeated in the assembly polls.
She also asked the fence-sitters in the party to quit her camp as early as possible.
The CM, without naming former minister Rajib Banerjee -- who recently switched over to the BJP -- alleged that irregularities have been detected in the recruitment of forest department personnel during his tendefectors, ure and said “shops of corrupt leaders” will be shut after the polls.
“A person who was responsible for the recruitment of ‘Bana Sahayaks’ in the forest department indulged in corrupt methods. We will investigate it.
Everything will be investigated. The person, after indulging in corruption, has now joined the BJP. He is now lecturing others.”
Rajib Banerjee, a forest minister in the state cabinet, crossed over to the BJP last week. He, along with other TMC flew to Delhi in a chartered plane to join the saffron camp.
The TMC chief also claimed that only the “greedy ones” are joining the BJP. “Those who want to leave the party can go ahead. The doors are open. But if you are in the party, you have to work as a disciplined soldier. Let me tell you, the ones who have switched political allegiance will be defeated in the assembly polls, their shops will be closed after the polls.”
The BJP can buy some corrupt leaders, but it can never buy a dedicated member or cadre of the TMC, she asserted, while addressing a party meeting here. “There are certain leaders who are lobhi (greedy) and “bhogi” (one who enjoys facilities) They might quit the party, but the dedicated ones will stay,” she said.