NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday said TMC chief Mamata Banerjee‘s decision to contest the Lok Sabha polls alone is a sign of her desperation and “death knell” for the ‘INDIA’ bloc of opposition parties.
“Unable to hold her political ground, Mamata Banerjee wants to fight all seats, in the hope that she can still be relevant, after the polls,” said Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT department head and party’s co-incharge for West Bengal. In a major setback to the opposition INDIA bloc, Banerjee had earlier in the day announced that her party, one of the key constituents of the opposition alliance, had decided to go alone in West Bengal.
“Much against her desire to emerge as the face of the opposition alliance, no one ever proposed her name. Her several trips to Delhi, to build a national profile, did not work. She just couldn’t hide the blood of post poll violence and rid herself of the nauseating stink of appeasement politics,” Malviya said.
“An embarrassed Mamata, to save face, pitched for Mallikarjun Kharge, ruling herself out in the process. She realised, despite her bluster, that she had no currency in the opposition camp and had been building ground to snap out for long. But the fact that her announcement to go solo comes just before Rahul Gandhi’s circus arrives in West Bengal is a death knell for the I.N.D.I. Alliance,” he added.
BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said it is a “paper alliance” and Banerjee’s comments have made it clear that it has no clarity in its agenda and no leadership.
“Unable to hold her political ground, Mamata Banerjee wants to fight all seats, in the hope that she can still be relevant, after the polls,” said Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT department head and party’s co-incharge for West Bengal. In a major setback to the opposition INDIA bloc, Banerjee had earlier in the day announced that her party, one of the key constituents of the opposition alliance, had decided to go alone in West Bengal.
“Much against her desire to emerge as the face of the opposition alliance, no one ever proposed her name. Her several trips to Delhi, to build a national profile, did not work. She just couldn’t hide the blood of post poll violence and rid herself of the nauseating stink of appeasement politics,” Malviya said.
“An embarrassed Mamata, to save face, pitched for Mallikarjun Kharge, ruling herself out in the process. She realised, despite her bluster, that she had no currency in the opposition camp and had been building ground to snap out for long. But the fact that her announcement to go solo comes just before Rahul Gandhi’s circus arrives in West Bengal is a death knell for the I.N.D.I. Alliance,” he added.
BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said it is a “paper alliance” and Banerjee’s comments have made it clear that it has no clarity in its agenda and no leadership.
