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News Desk: After getting re-elected as TMC chairperson, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee straightaway attacked the saffron party at the center over variety of issues from Pegasus to Union Budget.
Addressing the media, she said “In Uttar Pradesh, I am not going to contest Assembly polls, but I am going to support SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on February 8, 2022. We will contest from UP in Lok Sabha polls”
Talking about TMC’s expansion, she said “We have expanded the party and are spreading to other parts of the country. I have built my unit in Goa; in Tripura my vote percentage is over 20%. We’ve to make Bengal stronger in the next two years so that we get all 42 seats; we have to chase BJP away. Uniformity will be there in TMC. We will conduct my first working Committee meeting in Delhi”
“I want to tell all, strengthen the party. We will oust BJP from the country. If we can oust Left from West Bengal after 34 years, we will be able to oust BJP too” she added.
She further said “I am sad that Congress works at the behest of BJP in Meghalaya and Punjab. Congress ko ahankaar hain. I am going to follow the footsteps of Rabindranath Tagore – Ekla Cholo Re. We have to fight”
She dismissed the Padma honours saying, “Padham Bhushan and Padma Shri are now dushan”. She also criticised the Budget and said, if people protest, BJP gets down to snooping on them.
