West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “plotting” to harass TMC leaders ahead of the elections, and tried to find out if the Election Commission was taking instructions from them.
Noting that Mr. Shah is “disappointed” with the poor turnout at his rallies, Ms. Banerjee, addressing a public gathering here in Bankura district, accused the BJP of plotting to assassinate her, claiming that her security director Vivek Sahai Was removed. For this reason, from the post by the poll panel after the injury suffered in Nandigram last week.
Referring to the alleged attack on her in Nandigram where she crossed swords with her anti-armament Suvendu Adhikari, Ms. Banerjee said that no injury could prevent her from ensuring her party’s victory in the assembly elections. .
“Amit Shah is disappointed because his rallies have recorded poor turnout. Instead of running the country, he is sitting in Kolkata and conspiring to harass TMC leaders. What do they want? Do they want to kill me?” Will they win? Elections by beating me? If they think so, then they are wrong, “she said.
Urging the Election Commission to pay attention to Mr. Shah’s “antics”, Ms. Banerjee wondered if the Election Commission had fallen short to a political tool of the saffron party.
He said, “Is Amit Shah running EC?
Ms. Banerjee claimed that Mr. Shah, who held several meetings with the state leadership on Monday night, has understood well that his party is miles away from the seat of power.
“Will the Home Minister run the country or spend time harassing senior government officials, politicians? Will he harass the Home Secretary? Send a notice to the CBI? They are all booking hotels. They are going to file cases against TMC candidates, The CBI is planning to send the ED. Teams to political rivals? They are sending notices to the people behind the Nandigram land movement. Bankura and Bengal must show the way to defeat these dictators, “she said.
Demanding free LPG gas for every citizen, he said that the BJP is “shutting down the Railways, Coal India, BSNL and banks and that people should unite against the move”. “They have changed the name of a stadium after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If they find their way, they will change the name of the country,” he said.
In another meeting at Chhatna, the CM said, “Bengal will soon vote to decide who will be in the helm.” Continuing his sharp statement against Mr. Shah, he said, “There is a Home Minister who wrongly carved an idol like Birsa Munda. Vidyasagar’s statue was busted in his presence.”
“He is expressing his love for tribals and backward communities by bringing food from five-star hotels and carrying the camera in his house for the goods,” he said.
The feudal TMC boss said that he and other party leaders had hit the streets in the interest of the people amid the Kovid-19 epidemic, while BJP leaders opted to stay home.
Talking about the measures taken by his dispensary to fight the epidemic, the CM said, “I wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrange free immunization for all in Bengal. I said that we could bear the cost Ready to do. But they did. No answer. ”
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