Mamata Banerjee nephew equates turncoats with asymptomatic COVID-19 sufferers

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Image Source : TWITTER Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday equated social gathering turncoats who not too long ago joined the BJP with asymptomatic COVID-19 sufferers who had “betrayed” the ruling social gathering in West Bengal within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and had been “sabotaging” it from inside. The TMC youth wing chief, who can be Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee”s nephew, with out naming anybody, mentioned some individuals have carried out a political somersault to affix the BJP to cease getting hounded by the CBI and the ED. “There were some people in the party who were like asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. We tracked their activities and identified them. We are happy to get rid of such viruses who had betrayed the party in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and had been sabotaging the party since the past few months,” the Diamond Harbour MP mentioned, whereas addressing a rally in his constituency. Former state minister Suvendu Adhikari together with 9 MLAs, 5 of them from the TMC, and a celebration MP joined the BJP throughout Union Home Minister Amit Shah”s rally at Medinipur on December 19. “Those wishing to leave the TMC for selfish reasons are free to do so. If you have the courage, float your own party like Mamata Banerjee did in 1998. She had not joined the BJP or the CPI (M),” he mentioned. In response to Adhikari”s branding him as an extortionist, Banerjee mentioned that whereas his title has by no means cropped up within the Narada sting or different scams, but it surely was the accuser who ought to maintain a mirror to himself. Without taking Adhikari”s title, he mentioned, “You have raised the slogan to remove extortionist ”bhaipo” (nephew). Whose name figured in Narada sting operation? I am not involved in either Narada sting or Saradha scam. You took a sudden political somersault to save yourself from central agencies like CBI and ED.” “If you can prove that I had ever been involved in extortion activities, I will accept any punishment in the court of the people. If you have guts, deploy CBI or ED after me,” he mentioned. Denying the BJP”s allegations that some senior TMC leaders are concerned in coal and cattle smuggling, Banerjee mentioned, “Cattle smuggling is related to the international border manned by the BSF under the Union Home Ministry. Preventing the smuggling of coal from mines is the Coal Ministry”s responsibility. Both are under the BJP. Why are they levelling false allegations against us?” Referring to expenses that Mamata Banerjee had facilitated the BJP”s entry to West Bengal, the younger parliamentarian mentioned, “When she had ties with the BJP, its party flag was not stained with blood. That was a different BJP led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.” He branded the turncoats as individuals who betrayed the soil of West Bengal by becoming a member of arms with “forces that vandalised the bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar” in Kolkata throughout final yr”s Lok Sabha elections. A bust of the enduring social reformer was desecrated in a university in Kolkata throughout the then BJP chief Amit Shah”s rally. The TMC alleged that the BJP activists had been behind the incident. In an obvious jibe at Adhikari, Banerjee mentioned, “You have failed to bloom the lotus in your own house. How can you make the lotus bloom in the entire state?” Suvendu Adhikari”s father and Kanthi MP Sisir Adhikari, brother and Kanthi MP Soumendu Adhikari and youthful brother and Kanthi Municipality Chairman Soumendu Adhikari are nonetheless with the TMC. Banerjee sarcastically commented, “If you call Amit Shah as your new elder brother, is his son your nephew?” Referring to the assault on BJP chief J P Nadda”s convoy on December 10, Banerjee mentioned, “Maybe someone hurled a single brick due to frustration over anti-people policies of the BJP government at the Centre. I would request people not to vent their ire by throwing stones, instead through the EVM.” He claimed “not more than 450 people” attended Nadda”s rally in Diamond Harbour. “This shows that the BJP has no support base in the state and survives only through media hype,” he mentioned. Banerjee mentioned BJP leaders just like the social gathering”s state chief Dilip Ghosh are issuing threats to interrupt arms and limbs, that are extra befitting for goons. “Actually, they are spineless for lacking support of the people,” he mentioned. Taking a jibe at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for having lunch at poor individuals”s homes throughout his visits to the state, Banerjee mentioned, “It seems he likes to have lunch with TV cameras reporting every bite. What about visiting the agitating farmers on the Delhi-Haryana border? Why doesn’t he go there to have lunch? Because he doesn’t have that courage.” He claimed that the Centre has stopped the allocation of Rs 5 crore for the event of his constituency beneath the MPLADS funds since March final yr. “If you are really pro-people, don’t withhold that amount citing COVID-19 situation. Instead, you stop the monthly salary of MPs for that period. The BJP government never thinks twice before buying planes but blocks money meant for common people,” Banerjee added.  ALSO READ | ‘Ashamed of associating with TMC for 21 years’: New BJP entrant Suvendu Adhikari lashes out at Mamata Latest India News

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