“They cannot control me by sending notices. I am made of a different material. The more they use the ED and CBI, the more people will come to us.” Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said the same while campaigning for party colleague Babul Supriyo, who is contesting the by-election from West Bengal’s Ballygunge assembly seat. Another bypoll to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency will be held on the same day in the state where the ruling TMC has fielded the actor-politician. Shatrughan Sinha,
Although it was a campaign for a local election, Abhishek attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from a national perspective.
The TMC alleges that the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation are being used as political tools to repeatedly target the BJP, which is in power at the Centre. Abhishek Banerjee and other opposition leaders. Hence, party insiders say, the Diamond Harbor MP insisted that he is not intimidated by more Trinamool agencies. The BJP has denied these allegations.
He said, “He is the Chief Secretary, he is arresting the ministers… He has arrested our leader Subrata Mukherjee. He is no more. But he has not arrested the person who is taking money on TV,” he said. was spotted.”
He once again alleged that the CBI was being used to settle political accounts. Abhishek is facing criticism from central agencies over his alleged links to a coal smuggling case.
In the past one month, the BJP has pointed to law and order problems in Rampurhat, Jhalda, Alia University, etc. The party, which was defeated by the TMC in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections and some subsequent elections in the state as well, is trying to revive itself by highlighting the various failures of the Trinamool. Union Home Minister Amit Shah himself has raised questions on the law and order situation of Bengal in Parliament. Both the BJP and the Congress have urged for the intervention of the Center in the state.
Abhishek, who is chief minister and TMC president Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, said, “Last time we got 213 seats (in the assembly elections) if President’s rule is imposed. This time we will get more than 250.”
Babul, who joined the TMC from the Bharatiya Janata Party after the assembly elections, is contesting from Ballygunge where two wards are Muslim-dominated. BJP is focusing on his history with the saffron party.
Abhishek said, “Babul has joined TMC because of his ideology. For those who are saying vote for Babul, vote for BJP… Let me tell you, Babul changed ‘Jai Shri Ram’ to ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Have traveled till ‘Joy Bangla’.”
Party insiders say that with increasing central pressure, Abhishek’s campaign boosted the morale of the cadre.
In the by-elections also, especially the increase in the prices of petrol, diesel etc. has emerged as a big issue and TMC is trying to target the BJP with it. Abhishek said that “after losing Bengal, the BJP-led Center lowered the prices, but after winning Uttar Pradesh they increased them 14 times”.
The route of the TMC leader’s rally ran from an upmarket area to a Muslim-dominated area.
Abhishek, who is organizing the party’s national campaign ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, said, “We will go to other states and defeat the BJP. We will fight them in Meghalaya, Tripura next year. Even in Goa (where BJP won the assembly elections last month and Trinamool Didn’t make much impact), we’ll stay.”
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