In a huge blow to the Congress and the INDIA bloc, the Trinamool Congress on Sunday revealed the list of the prospects for all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal as the Mamata Banerjee-led celebration chose to combat the upcoming elections alone in the State.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised the Trinamool congress for not going for seat-sharing with his celebration in Bengal, calling Banerjee’s choice “unilateral statements”
Releasing its Lok Sabha surveys project with a grand rally at Kolkata’s historical Brigade parade ground, the judgment Trinamool Congress in the State generated 26 brand-new faces, who did not battle last elections in 2019, in its prospect list for this time.
In a surprise relocation, the celebration fielded previous cricketer and all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, who had actually bet Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), from Berhampore, which has actually been a fortress for senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Elections
The Trinamool Congress likewise chose previous cricketer Kirti Azad. The celebration renominated 16 sitting MPs and fielded 12 ladies.
“It will be TMC versus BJP in Bengal. Here our battle versus Congress and CPM will continue. Trinamul will battle alone in Bengal. Our celebration will likewise combat in Assam and UP. In UP for one seat we have actually talked to Akhilesh Yadav. We are the Opposition in Meghalaya, where we will combat. And, it is the Trinamool Congress which will pick the nation’s roadmap moving forward. Bengal will reveal the course,” stated Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister of West Bengal, while resolving the “Jana Garjan Sabha” rally here.
“You had actually offered 18 seats to the BJP last time (in 2019 LS surveys) from West Bengal. They likewise got numerous seats in Assembly surveys (in 2021). They did not do any work. The BJP leaders, who went to Delhi, stated they would not offer cash for the 100-day work (under MGNREGA), real estate tasks and roadway tasks, to name a few, to the States. Why will you provide vote to them (BJP)?,” she stated to the enormous event at the Brigade parade ground.
Trinamool Congress has actually been declaring that the Central federal government continued to reject the state’s rights in a federal polity by denying the residents from their privileges under MGNREGA, Prime Minister Awas Yojna and Prime Minister Grameen Sadak Yojna.
The BJP has actually been implicating the State federal government of prevalent corruption and financial mismanagement. After the Trinamool Congress chose to combat the upcoming elections alone in West Bengal, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stated, “The Indian National Congress has actually consistently stated its desire to have a decent seat-sharing contract with the TMC in West Bengal. The Indian National Congress has actually constantly preserved that such an arrangement needs to be settled through settlements and not by unilateral statements. The Indian National Congress has constantly desired the INDIA group to combat the BJP together.”
Congress response
Talking about previous cricketer Yusuf Pathan’s election for the LS surveys, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated if the Trinamool Congress wished to “honour” Pathan, then the celebration must have sent him to the Rajya Sabha.
Describing Banerjee’s choice on revealing the list of the prospects for all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the State, Chowdhury declared that she has actually “shown today that none of the political celebrations of India ought to rely on a leader like her.”