BJP trying to arrest leaders of all Opposition parties before 2024, says Mamata Banerjee
The Hindu
Mamata Banerjee said she would not comment on the jurisdiction of the Central investigation agencies but added that the whole world was watching at the treatment of Opposition leaders in India.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was trying to arrest all the leaders of Opposition parties before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking to journalists at the State Secretariat, Ms. Banerjee raised the issue of summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money laundering case on November 2 and the arrest of West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick in an alleged ration scam on October 27.
“There are only three months left before the dates of elections are announced in February 2024. Before the next year’s elections, they [the BJP] are trying to gag the voice of all Opposition parties. They are planning to arrest all Opposition leaders before the polls so that they can vote for themselves in an empty country,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The Trinamool Congress chairperson said she would not comment on the jurisdiction of the Central investigation agencies but added that the whole world was watching at the treatment of Opposition leaders in India.
The Chief Minister raised the issue of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) funds due to the State and said the deadline for the release of funds was November 1 but no funds had been released till date.
Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had given a time frame of October 31 for the BJP government to release the pending MGNREGS wages of workers in the State.
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