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Don't need your support: BJP to Mamata on Presidential polls
July 18, 2017
With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee backing Opposition
presidential nominee Meira Kumar as a mark of protest against the
Centre's "atrocities", the Bharatiya Janata Party today said
the it does not expect support from parties who pursue communal
politics.
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao said the
Trinamool Congress, the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal
represent regressive politics today and have been perusing
communal politics, vote-bank politics and they do not represent the kind
of politics that the BJP is perusing that is "sabka saath, sabka
vikas".
"So at another level, the opposition is more like a
corrupt alliance of different desperate parties. TMC, RJD, Congress,
they are all facing serious charges of corruption. So, obviously we do
not expect her (Mamata) to vote for the NDA candidate because we
represent positive politics, we represent secular and non-discriminatory
administrative regime, positive agenda and honest government," he
added.
Another BJP leader Rahul Sinha blamed Mamata of practising
"politics of appeasement" and said she has no right to talk about the
Centre when her own state is burning of communal violence.
"She
herself is not able to control the law and order situation in the state
and she is blaming the Centre. All the anti-social elements are in the
TMC. Because of Mamata the hills are burning, it was because of her that
in 7 months there were 14 cases of riots," he added.
Demanding
Mamata's immediate resignation, Sinha further said that the TMC chief
was making such "absurd" statement out of "frustration".
Training
guns at the Centre for the growing unlawfulness and injustice in the
country, Mamata yesterday said "We support Meira Kumar and will stand by
her always. Our vote is against unlawfulness and injustice which is
growing in the country. For the sake of the country we urge everyone to
not support Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and stand by a common man."
Further
slamming the government, Banerjee stated that the TMC will not bow down
their heads and will rather fight and be happy to go to jail.
"Demonetisation
and GST are the two biggest scams of the country, which is making it,
lag behind. After all this, we will not bow down our heads rather fight
and be happy to go to jail. If BJP thinks that Bengal is an easy place
then they are wrong. We already have 18 political parties that have come
together and this is a good time for coalition," Banerjee said.
Targeting the Centre for having bad relations with West Bengal, Banerjee termed it like a 'sandwich'.
"The
Centre has always had bad relations with neighbouring countries like
China, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal and now it's with West Bengal which
has become like a sandwich," Banerjee added.
The counting of the votes will take place on July 20. -- ANI
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