Mamata Banerjee demands Amit Shah’s resignation over ‘TMC govt. will collapse in 2025’ remark

Ms. Banerjee raised the statement made by Mr. Shah during a public meeting on April 14, where he had urged people to give ‘35 seats to her party in 2024’ Lok Sabha polls and added that ‘Mamata ji’s government will come down in 2025’

Accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “conspiring” to bring down her government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 17 demanded resignation of the Home Minister.

Ms. Banerjee raised the statement made by Mr. Shah during a public meeting on April 14, where he had urged people to give “35 seats to her party in 2024” Lok Sabha polls and added that “Mamata ji’s government will come down in 2025”.

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“The Home Minister is saying that he will bring down an elected government. After making such a statement, he (Mr. Shah) cannot remain the Home Minister. He should resign as the Home Minister,” the Chief Minister said.

Ms. Banerjee also ridiculed the claims of the Home Minister and said that BJP will not win five seats in West Bengal in 2024. She also called for the unity of Opposition and expressed hope that BJP will not form government in 2024. “If we unite, BJP will lose the 2024 elections,” Ms Banerjee said.

On the questioning of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi excise policy case, she said that Centre is trying to make an example that it will not spare the Chief Minister.

Ms. Banerjee also raised the recent interviews of former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik and sought an inquiry into Pulwama incident. The Chief Minister said attempts to create polarisation and threat nationalism after the Pulwama incident in which several jawans lost lives.