With voices of dissent in the TMC increasingly high-pitched, BJP MP Saumitra Khan scoffed at the ruling dispensation on Sunday, stating that the governor may soon ask West Bengal’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, to demonstrate her majority in the Assembly. The TMC, for its part, said that the leaders of the saffron field have no respect for democracy.
Khan, who is also the state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), said on the sidelines of a program in Jalpaiguri that the current turmoil and discontent that is brewing in the ruling party has highlighted the question of whether the party still enjoy. the support of an adequate number of legislators in the House. “From the way the MLAs have been dissenting and leaving Trinamool, the governor may suddenly ask the CM to prove the majority … There is a possibility,” Khan said.
Several cabinet ministers from Mamata Banerjee are ready to move to the BJP, he claimed. In reaction to Khan’s comments, veteran TMC MP Sougata Roy said that BJP leaders like him know nothing about the Constitution and its provisions.
“How could Khan know first-hand that the governor will take such an unconstitutional move? An elected government cannot be treated this way … and the overwhelming majority of MLAs are with the prime minister. The TMC has the support. out of 218 legislators in the Assembly, “Roy said. The ruling TMC in Bengal had been doing his best to keep his flock together, as several key leaders, including party heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari, have lately been openly voicing their grievances against the dispensation.
According to BJP state chair Dilip Ghosh, the TMC lacks the courage to oust Adhikari, who recently resigned from the state cabinet, as “the party fears that it may face extinction soon. Ghosh also alleged that the ruling party leaders, who almost never left their homes and offices, are now “forced” to venture out to get a sense of the realities on the ground, ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections.
“The month of December seems crucial for TMC as the party faces extinction with people leaving the ship. TMC has no courage to expel anyone. It has not been able to expel Suvendu Adhikari,” Ghosh said.
The Mamata Banerjee party also did little to address the problems of lawmaker Mihir Goswami, who recently joined the BJP, the BJP state chief said, adding that more such developments are likely to occur in the coming days. Elections for the 294-member Bengal Assembly are likely to take place between April and May next year.
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