Meanwhile, in Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at her protégé-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari and his father Sisir Adhikari, saying the family “will remain” na ghar ka, na ghat ka. [neither here nor there]”After the elections to the Assembly.
Suvendu joined the Opposition party last December and was subsequently followed by his younger brother Soumendu and his father. Banerjee is contesting the polls against Suvendu in Nandigram, where an anti-land acquisition movement more than a decade ago brought her to power in 2011. Suvendu was a close associate of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) head at the time.
The prime minister made the comments criticizing the Adhikaris at an event in Nandigram. The prime minister also accused the BJP and Suvendu Adhikari of participating in the vandalism in Nandigram, claiming that they were afraid of losing the elections.
[also_read title = “Also Read” article_title= “LDF ally rakes up ‘love jihad’; BJP, Catholic body seek CM response” id = “7250782” liveblog = “no” ]In Kerala, the day after Suresh Gopi, a member of the BJP Rajya Sabha and actor turned politician, commented that he wanted the IUML candidate, KNA Khadar, to win the seat in the Gurvayur Assembly, where the nomination of the BJP candidate, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, launched a new round of accusations of an electoral understanding between the Congress-led UDF and the BJP.
In response to Gopi’s comments, Vijayan said Monday: “This is an agreement between Congress, IUML and BJP. Suresh Gopi is not an experienced politician. Other BJP leaders would not publicly reveal such secrets. When the BJP says that an IUML candidate should be the winner, don’t think that it is not aimed at the benefit of either Congress or IUML, ”Vijayan said.
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