A DAY AFTER sweeping the Assembly elections with a landslide victory and returning to energy for the third consecutive time period, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee stated preventing and defeating Covid have been her high priorities now, and demanded that the Centre present free mass vaccination all through the nation.
Banerjee tendered her resignation to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, and is scheduled to take oath on May 5. Earlier within the day, she met the newly elected members at Trinamool Bhavan the place she was elected the chief of the legislative social gathering.
Before assembly the Governor, Banerjee stated, “Due to Covid, the party decided that I alone will take oath on May 5. Other ministers will be sworn in after the newly-elected members take oath in the Legislative Assembly,” she stated.
Responding to a query if she would consolidate all anti-BJP forces for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, throughout a press convention at her Kalighat residence, the Trinamool chief stated, “I am a street fighter. All I can do is give a boost to the people to fight together in 2024. I think, all together, we can fight the battle for 2024. But right now we have to fight Covid-19. We have to defeat it first. Then we can discuss all this. We can hold a Brigade rally where leaders from other states will be called.”
After a bitter and fierce election battle the place Mamata took on the BJP, whose cost was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee stated she was all for cooperation with the Centre. She, nonetheless, identified that Modi didn’t name her following Sunday’s victory, whereas a number of regional leaders together with Arvind Kejriwal, Uddhav Thackeray, Naveen Patnaik, Akhilesh Yadav, Rajnikant and Tejashwi Yadav spoke along with her.
“Ayi first time dekhlam, PM call korlo na (This is the first time — the PM did not call). I don’t mind. He must be very busy. I always cooperated and I am ready to cooperate. Ek haat e tali baje na (You cannot clap with one hand),” Banerjee stated.
While preventing Covid was the highest precedence, the Trinamool Chief stated, vaccines weren’t obtainable, and alleged some states have been getting extra vaccines. Demanding free common vaccination, she stated, “Rs 30,000 crores is not a huge sum for the Centre; 140 crore people of India should be given free vaccines from the Centre. There should be universal vaccines for all.”
Banerjee stated the credit score for thwarting the BJP goes to the individuals of Bengal. “The spine of the people of Bengal is strong. Our women and youth showed us the way. It is a victory for Bengal’s people. It’s ‘Banglar joy’ (Bengal’s victory). BJP would not have crossed 50 seats without the help of Election Commission,” stated Mamata Banerjee.