Mamata Banerjee assaults BJP and AIMIM whereas addressing crowd on Eid

While addressing a gathering for Eid-ul-Fitr namaz in Kolkata’s Red Road on Saturday, April 22, West Bengal CM and TMC supremo launched a veiled assault on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Without taking names, Mamata Banerjee went on to call BJP a ‘Gaddar Party’ (traitors) whereas accusing AIMIM of being a BJP stooge.

“All I would like to tell you is stay peaceful, don’t listen to anyone. A ‘gaddar party’ with whom I have to fight… I have to fight agencies too – I fight them because I have the courage to do so. I am not ready to bow down,” she talked about, with out naming any get collectively.

In an obvious reference to the All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), the TMC supremo extra claimed that some political occasions had been making an attempt to divide Muslim votes to help the BJP. She assured the gathering that she would not let it happen. 

“Someone takes money from BJP and says that they will divide Muslim votes. I tell them that they don’t have the courage to divide Muslim votes for BJP,” she snarled, attempting to instigate the Muslim crowd assembled for Eid-ul-Fitr namaz on Kolkata’s Red Road.

It is pertinent to note proper right here that Mamata Banerjee’s allegations of Owaisi being hand-in gloves with the BJP are often not new. In 2021, she made comparable inference whereas addressing a crowd in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar. “A person came to Bengal from Hyderabad, he took money from BJP. Don’t allow him here”, she talked about. Basically, Mamata Banerjee had insinuated that Asaduddin Owaisi, who’s predominantly from Hyderabad, is on the payrolls of BJP and is making an attempt to make inroads in Bengal to divide the Muslim vote on BJP’s command.

Mamata Banerjee vows to maintain up peace and unity in West Bengal

Ironically, Mamata Banerjee extra emphasised her dedication to sustaining ‘peace’ and ‘unity’ throughout the state. The West Bengal chief minister asserted she did not want riots or divisions throughout the nation and promised to do the whole thing in her vitality to forestall such occurrences.

Here it turns into essential to recall, how solely closing month numerous incidents of violence had been reported from many places throughout the state all through Ram Navami celebrations. Recently, Mamata Banerjee had moreover downplayed the post-poll violence in her state, which claimed the lives of larger than a dozen BJP workers, by calling it ‘small-time incidents.’

Clearly disregarding all her earlier apathetic remarks and perspective within the route of the numerous violent incidents which have rocked the state beneath her regime, the West Bengal CM talked about, “We want peace in Bengal. We don’t want riots. We want peace. We don’t want divisions in the country. Those who want to create divides in the country — I promise today on Eid, I am ready to give my life but I will not let the country divide.” 

Mamata Banerjee extra attacked the central authorities by evoking democracy. She talked about, “If democracy will go away, everything will go away. Today Constitution is being changed, history is being changed. They brought NRC. I told them that I will not let them do that.” 

“In one year’s time, elections will be held to decide who will come to power in our country. Let us promise that we will unite and fight against divisive forces. We must ensure that all of us together vote them out in the next polls. If we fail to protect democracy, then everything will be finished,” she added.