Bengal BJP Compares Trinamool to Covid-19 Virus; Mamata continues with attack by ‘outsiders’ | India News


NEW DELHI: The war of words in the battle for Bengal turned murkier on Wednesday when the BJP called ruling Trinamool “a more dangerous virus than Covid-19”, while Mamata claimed that it will not allow “outsiders” to convert Bengal in Gujarat.
“TMC is a more dangerous virus than Covid-19. The BJP vaccine will eradicate the TMC virus in next year’s assembly elections,” Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said at a rally.
Calling TMC the “most undemocratic party” the state has ever seen, Ghosh alleged that the ruling party activists were terrorizing BJP workers even though the “days of TMC rule are numbered.”
Mocking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled tour in Birbhum on December 29, days after Union Interior Minister Amit Shah’s program, Ghosh said the TMC should also follow the BJP’s examples of good governance.
Trinamool declined to comment on the Covid-19 comment. TMC Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said: “We do not want to comment on such comments. This reflects the mindset of BJP. The people of the state will give them an appropriate response.”
Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee continued her tirade against the BJP and stated that she will not allow “outsiders” to turn Bengal into Gujarat.
“Bengal thrives on excellence and merit. We cannot allow it to become Gujarat,” Supreme TMC said.
“The soil of Bengal is the source of life. We have to protect this soil. We have to be proud of this. There is no one who can come from outside and say that this place will become Gujarat,” Mamata said repeating. charge of ‘outsider’ against the saffron party.
“Our message is that we are for everyone … Humanity is for everyone, be it Sikh, Jain, Muslim or Christian. We do not allow any division between them,” he said.
No place for traitors in Bengal politics: TMC
Top Trinamool leaders attacked the renegade Suvendu Adhikari party, who recently joined the BJP, saying there is no place for “traitors” in West Bengal politics.
Adhikari’s union with “forces that spread hatred and divide people” will not be accepted by the people of his home district, Purba Medinipur, they said.
TMC veteran deputy Sougata Roy, at a rally in Contai, known to be the stronghold of the Adhikari family, said: “Contai is not the zamindari of any family.”
“Removing two water urns does not impact an ocean. The departure of either party from our party will not make a dent in our base of support in the district,” he said.
Punishing Adhikari for joining the saffron party, Roy said: “On the one hand, he is paying tribute to the freedom fighters of Tamluk and, on the other, he is on the side of the forces that oppose the nationalist movement. lost his credibility after joining the Hindutva forces. ”
TMC Claims ‘Duare Sarkar’ Program Causes Heartburn for BJP Leaders
The TMC claimed that the state government’s ‘Duare Sarkar’ program has been successful and claimed that the initiative is causing heartburn for BJP leaders.
The BJP “fake campaign” will not work in the state. More than a crore of people have benefited from the “Duare Sarkar” (government at the gates) program. This success is giving BJP leaders heartburn and they are jealous of it, “said Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee.
(With contributions from the agency)

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