Deepening the already visible cracks within the INDI Alliance, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee an ‘opportunist’, and that the Congress party does not need TMC to win in West Bengal.
Training his guns at his ally in Indi- bloc, over supremacy, Ranjan drew parallels between PM Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee, and said, “There’s no difference between Didi and PM Modi. That happened in 2019 also. Modi will take Hindu vote and Didi counts on Muslim vote bank. We have fought Mamata Banerjee and the BJP government and won these 2 seats in Bengal. We do not need anybody’s sympathy to win seats.” The Congress leader confidently announced that the party will contest the Lok Sabha polls in the state without the support of the TMC Supremo.
Chowdhury said,” What she will say is her wish. She has a lot to say, let her say. We do not care about that. We are walking our way according to our wishes,” clearly pointing out the differences the Congress has with the TMC. This is not the first time that Adhir Ranjan dragged Mamata Banerjee through the mud. He had earlier targeted the TMC and that the party is a cancer for corruption.
Previously, Mamata Banerjee was rebuked by Congress for saying that she had been fighting against CPI(M) for 34 years, and now she can’t take orders from it.
The latest clash shows the deepening unrest and unacceptance of parties within the alliance and thus, putting a question mark on its sustenance ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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