Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Samik Bhattacharya said his party does not want the President’s Rule to be imposed in West Bengal, adding that they want the “natural death” of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
“We don’t want Article 356 (President’s Rule) in West Bengal. It is Mamata Banerjee and her party who are inviting Article 356. We want the natural death of the TMC and in 2021, this will happen as the people of Bengal desperately want the BJP, ”said Bhattacharya.
Earlier, BJP MP Saumitra Khan has said that there is a possibility that Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will ask Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to demonstrate a majority in the State Assembly.
“The governor may suddenly ask the chief minister to prove the 149 (majority) figure. The possibility exists, ”Khan said at an event here on Nov. 28.
For the past few months, Dhankhar has been at odds with Banerjee on various issues. Banerjee had also previously accused Dhankhar of running a “parallel administration” in the state.
The BJP made great strides in West Bengal by winning 18 parliamentary seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha state elections. Several TMC leaders have also joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections.
In 2016, the Trinamool Congress had won a total of 211 seats in the 294-member State Assembly, while the BJP could only win three.
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