Not interested in any chair, INDIA will defeat BJP in 2024, says Mamata
The Hindu
“INDIA will fight and Trinamool Congress will stand beside it with its flag like a soldier. I have said that we want nothing, all we want is for INDIA to win, BJP to lose... Hindustan, Bharat jitega, Modi harega [India will win, PM Narendra Modi will lose],” Mamata Banerjee said addressing her party’s annual Martyr’s Day rally at Esplanade in Kolkata.
Congratulating all the 26 Opposition parties that have come together to form the INDIA (Indian National Developmental Alliance, Inclusive Alliance) coalition, West Bengal Chief Minister on Friday said that she does not “want any chair” and INDIA will defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
“INDIA will fight and Trinamool Congress will stand beside it with its flag like a soldier. I have said that we want nothing, all we want is for INDIA to win, BJP to lose... Hindustan, Bharatjitega, Modi harega [India will win, PM Narendra Modi will lose],” the Trinamool chairperson said addressing her party’s annual Martyr’s Day rally at Esplanade in Kolkata.
After the huge victory in the recently concluded panchayat elections, Ms. Banerjee set the tone for the 2024 Lok Sabha election at her party’s mega rally by saying that “a new INDIA will be born in 2024”. The Chief Minister, who addressed lakhs of party supporters amidst pouring rain targeted the Prime Minister for the situation in Manipur and asked whether he was pained by violence in the northeastern State.
“Don’t you feel sad about the incident in Manipur? You are pointing fingers at Bengal. Don’t you have any sympathy for women? For how many days will women continue to suffer?” Ms. Banerjee asked referring to the visuals of women paraded naked and sexually assaulted in strife-ridden Manipur.
The Chief Minister trained her guns at the BJP over the Beti Bachao (Save the girl child) slogan. “BJP, where is your Beti Bachao slogan? Today women are being burned,” she said adding that “our daughters and mothers” will reply to the BJP and bring down the government at the Centre in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Ms. Banerjee reiterated that she was keen on a delegation of Chief Ministers from Opposition parties to the visit the State. “I have spoken to Arvind [Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal]. If all the parties agree, a team of CMs will visit Manipur,” she said.
While the Trinamool chief congratulated her party workers on the panchayat election win, she said that there have been 29 deaths. The Chief Minister said that of the 29 persons dead, 18 belong to Trinamool, and three each from the BJP and CPI(M).
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