BJP’s end will be worse than Trump’s: Didi
Babul Supriyo says he’s ‘ashamed’ to hear derogatory words from Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the fate of BJP will be ‘worse’ than that of Donald Trump. Addressing a rally at Dunlop ground at Hooghly district where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed the public on February 22, Banerjee on Wednesday called Modi ‘dangabaaz’ (rioter).
“The demon and rioter Modi is alleging that women are not safe in Bengal. But they are connecting a young girl’s name in the coal scam. Modi spoke of industries but why did he fail to reopen the Dunlop industry? In 2016, I had written to the BJP-led central government that TMC wants to restart this industry, but I was not allowed,” claimed the TMC supremo. Mamata’s sharp attacks came a day after her nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Naroola was questioned at her residence by the CBI in connection to the coal scam.
Calling herself a goalkeeper, Mamata challenged that BJP cannot even score a single goal in the upcoming Assembly polls. “A wounded tiger is more dangerous. We have 20 lakh workers and you can arrest us all. Once the BJP gets defeated in the West Bengal polls, they (BJP) will disappear from India. They call us Tolabaaz (extortionists), but they are Dangabaaz (rioters). Gujarat will not rule Bengal but Bengal will again take the charge of Bengal,” claimed the TMC supremo.
Meanwhile, a host of Tollywood celebs and former
West Bengal Ranji trophy captain Manoj Tiwary joined TMC. Slamming Banerjee for using ‘derogatory terms’ on
Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Babul Supriyo said that as a Bengali he feels ‘ashamed’ to hear such derogatory terms from the West Bengal CM.
Political violence continues
Incidents of political rivalry continued unabated on Wednesday as in two different incidents TMC and the BJP supporters clashed with each other.
BJP’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ was stopped near Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas by the police stating that the saffron camp didn’t have the necessary permission to enter with their ‘Raths’.
Following a tussle between BJP cadres and police, BJP West Bengal observer Kailash Vijaywargiya rushed to the spot and stated following ‘lathi-charge’ by the police, nearly 22 BJP members were seriously injured.
In another incident in the Amherst Street area of Central Kolkata turned into a battlefield as the ruling Trinamool Congress workers agitated during the BJP’s roadshow. According to BJP sources, the TMC workers started hurling stones, shoes, and bricks at the open vehicle where defected leaders like Suvendu Adhikari, Rajib Banerjee, and BJP MP Arjun Singh were campaigning for the saffron camp.
Mamata writes to PM for vax
Aiming at inoculating people of West Bengal for Covid-19 for free before the upcoming assembly poll, Mamata on Wednesday wrote to PM urging him to help the state in procuring vaccines.