Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can be visiting Odisha subsequent week to fulfill her counterpart and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik at a time the TMC has been distancing itself from the Congress, forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections within the nation.
Whereas the assembly is being seen because the TMC’s outreach to regional events, the get together has refused to name it an try and type a 3rd entrance. “We’re not forming a 3rd entrance in the meanwhile. Our get together head, Mamata Banerjee, will start talks with regional events which have the power to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP),” mentioned TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay whereas addressing a information convention Friday after a key get together assembly chaired by Banerjee at her Kolkata residence.
The get together additionally reiterated its stand on the Congress. “At this second, there isn’t any manner we are going to speak to the Congress. There isn’t a query. You too can see this on the ground of the Home in Lok Sabha,” Bandopadhyay mentioned.
Hours in the past, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav had met Banerjee for an hour at her residence forward of his get together’s national convention within the metropolis starting Saturday. Neither the TMC nor the SP has spoken to the media or issued a press release concerning the assembly which was additionally attended by TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, and Firhad Hakim, and SP’s Shivpal Yadav.
Banerjee is all set to go to New Delhi early April the place she’s going to maintain conferences with extra leaders, together with AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Nevertheless, the BJP doesn’t appear to be taking the TMC’s try and strike a brand new political equation severely. Talking to the media in Kolkata Friday, Chief of the Opposition within the West Bengal meeting, Suvendu Adhikari mentioned, “In January 2019 (forward of the Lok Sabha elections), Mamata Banerjee stood on the centre with all of the Opposition leaders in Brigade Parade floor however Narendra Modi received the elections. This time, the BJP will cross the 400 mark.”
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No truck with Congress
The TMC has skipped all of the Opposition conferences referred to as by the Congress within the Parliament within the ongoing finances session, selecting as a substitute to carry its personal protests on varied points.
Sources throughout the TMC instructed ThePrint that the Congress has been extending an invite for the Opposition conferences within the Parliament however the TMC has chosen to remain away.
In accordance with political analyst Udayan Bandopadhayay, the TMC’s effort to reorganise regional forces is politically important however couldn’t be sturdy sufficient to tackle the BJP. “If you happen to see the numbers, this appears very unrealistic for the 2024 battle. Nevertheless, it’s politically important. Mamata Banerjee is stringing collectively the regional events and that’s sending out a message,” he instructed ThePrint.
The TMC-Congress ties have soured for some time now. Talking to ThePrint, TMC Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya mentioned, “The Congress in Delhi is saying they are going to battle the BJP however in West Bengal, they’ve joined arms with the Left and the BJP to battle us. This may’t be tolerated. Ideologically, the get together has failed.”
On 2 March, the TMC misplaced the bypoll in West Bengal’s Sagardighi to the candidate backed by the Congress and Left. It was Trinamool’s first electoral loss for the reason that 2021 meeting elections.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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