BJP will not get majority in 2024 elections, says Mamata Banerjee
The Hindu
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says BJP government at the Centre has been ‘monumentally incompetent’
Accusing the BJP government at the Centre of “monumental incompetence”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the BJP will not get the single party majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Addressing a huge gathering in Kolkata to commemorate her party’s Martyrs’ Day event, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson expressed hope that all Opposition parties will unite once the BJP doesn’t get the majority.
“BJP will not get a single party majority and once it does not, others [Opposition parties] will unite,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee said that the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will not be to elect a government but to reject the BJP government at the Centre. “We want a Prime Minister who works for the poor, not a Prime Minister who works for the rich,” she said, adding that this government had nothing to offer to the poor.
The TMC chairperson, while addressing a massive rally in Kolkata ‘s Esplanade area, targeted the BJP government on several issues, including the imposition of GST on packaged food products. Ms. Banerjee asked the people in the crowd whether they were carrying puffed rice and asked them to pass it on to the stage.
“There is a GST on muri (puffed rice). What will the people eat?” she asked, holding a plate of puffed rice.
Similarly, she had the replica of an LPG cylinder brought on the stage and targeted the Centre on the rise in prices of petroleum products.
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