‘I will live to see your end’: Mamata Banerjee targets BJP after Madan Mitra joins TMC rebel camp | Today’s news
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief. Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, alleging political persecution and accusing the ruling party of using central agencies for defection after senior leader Madan Mitra joined the rebel faction, Hindustan Times reported.
During the Facebook Live meeting, Banerjee claimed that the BJP wanted her to suffer a heart attack but claimed that she would outlive her political rivals.
“BJP wished me to have a heart attack. I will live till I see your end,” she said.
Mitra, who switched allegiance to the rebel camp led by Ritabrata Banerjee, said he “only changed my room in the Assembly” after the party refused to accept his demand that TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has “stepped aside for six months”, according to the report.
Mamata is defended by Abhishek Banerjee
Reacting to Mitra’s exit, Banerjee said the decision had nothing to do with Abhishek Banerjee. Instead, she alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Mitra’s wife and two sons, leading to his departure.
She said Abhishek had become a “pretext” for repeated attacks on the party and praised him for continuing the political fight despite legal scrutiny involving his family.
“His family members were called. He could have been relieved if he wanted. But he did not run away from the battlefield. The way he continued to fight, all his shortcomings were forgiven,” she said. Hindustan Times.
“Those who joined the rebel camp are afraid of the police”
Banerjee apologized to the people of West Bengal “in the name of traitors” and said she had never compromised her conscience for political survival.
The TMC chief claimed that she and her family were subjected to sustained political persecution because they refused to compromise.
“If I had compromised, we would not have had to face so much torture. Those who compromised have many bags and baggage of their own,” she said, apparently referring to the leaders who switched sides.
She further claimed that The BJP has been using investigative agencies and the police to set up defections, claiming that several leaders defected out of fear.
“We still have 18 MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Those MPs who have joined the ‘settlement society’ have done so because they are afraid of the police,” she said.
Reacting to Mitra’s resignation, TMC leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay expressed regret over his exit and said it was not necessary for him to step down.
“I am sad that he had to leave us and go. But they called his son and wife. So he must have lost his mental strength and had to quit,” said Chattopadhyay. Hindustan Times.
