Mamata Banerjee had mentioned robust regional events have to be prioritised the place they’re robust in 2024. (File)
New Delhi:
The BJP on Tuesday mentioned Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has drawn “a no-go zone” for the Congress in West Bengal and different states by saying she’s going to assist the grand previous celebration wherever it’s robust supplied it reciprocates.
BJP nationwide spokesperson Shahzad Poonawala mentioned Ms Banerjee’s assertion on Monday would set a template that the Congress mustn’t enter into states like West Bengal, Telangana or Uttar Pradesh the place it’s perceived to be weak.
He additionally mentioned there may be “no mission and imaginative and prescient” within the efforts being made to forge opposition unity forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The West Bengal Chief Minister mentioned on Monday that within the seat-sharing components for the 2024 polls, robust regional events have to be given precedence the place they’re robust.
Mr Poonawalla famous Ms Banerjee has mentioned she is able to assist the Congress wherever it’s robust, supplied it reciprocates in West Bengal and doesn’t intervene within the state.
“It just isn’t Mamata Banerjee’s assertion of assist however a press release of no-confidence (within the Congress),” BJP nationwide spokesperson Shahzad Poonawala informed PTI when requested for a remark.
“It is an assault and assault on what the Congress had began dreaming about which is its enlargement throughout the nationwide spectrum in 2024… a break has been put by Mamata Banerjee,” he added.
“She is drawing a no-go zone for the Congress celebration and setting a template that the Congress ought to enter right into a no-go zone settlement with these events and mustn’t enter, say in Bengal, Telangana or in Uttar Pradesh the place the Congress just isn’t robust,” he mentioned.
“The template being set by the TMC is definitely a vote of no-confidence,” he mentioned, including, “A pointy retort and message is being despatched to the Congress that there are particular no-go zones clearly outlined, however the outcomes which have come out in Karnataka.”
The BJP spokesperson mentioned the hopes of those that are very enthusiastic in drawing “a nationwide template” from the Karnataka meeting ballot outcomes have been “dashed and crashed by their very own ideological cousin just like the TMC”.
On opposition unity forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he mentioned, “It is barely a mission for place division, fee, corruption. It is barely an alliance of negativity, directed at stopping the BJP.
“It has an obsession with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For them, it is vital who will get extra share within the pie. This often occurs when there is no mission or imaginative and prescient for the nation in such sorts of of potential alliances,” Mr Poonawalla informed PTI.
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