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BJP will lose in MP, Rajasthan, says Mamata

‘People of Rajasthan do not support the Bjp-run central government anymore. They will lose big time in Rajasthan. I have heard that their situation is not good anywhere, be it MP or Rajasthan,’ says W.bengal chief minister

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PURULIA: Accusing the Bjp-led central government of not keeping its electoral promises and making the lives of traders and businessme­n miserable, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the saffron party will lose the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

“Today, the traders are in trouble. They are scared of the CBI, ED and Income Tax Department. This fear was not there earlier. The people of Rajasthan do not support the Bjp-run central government anymore. They will lose big time in Rajasthan. I have heard that their situation is not good anywhere, be it Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan,” Banerjee said at a public rally in Purulia.

“People are not able to do business freely. Even the money kept in the banks is not safe. The business infrastruc­ture in the country has collapsed after demonetisa­tion. Many small and medium-scale traders are forced to shut their business while a number of big businessme­n have left the country,” she maintained.

The assembly election in Madhya Pradesh will be held on Nov.28 while Rajasthan will go to polls on Dec.7.

Taking a veiled swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Banerjee said a true leader of the nation should be loved and not feared by the people.

“The leader of a nation should be loved by its people. But someone cannot be a leader if people are scared of him. Today we have such leaders in the country of whom people are scared. They will not be able to continue for long. They will be dethroned this time,” she said.

The Trinamool Congress chief said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government­s have failed to tackle Maoist insurgency in Jharkhand and Chhattisga­rh.

The West Bengal government, on the other hand, has successful­ly “eradicated” the Maoists from the state, she said.

Criticisin­g the malfunctio­ning of some Electronic­votingmach­ines(evm)during the ongoing Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that providing faulty EVMS was a ploy to manipulate people’s votes.

Taking a swipe at the Election Commission, Banerjee said it is the responsibi­lity of the constituti­onal body to ensure that none of the EVM or VVPAT machines used during polling are faulty.

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