1. Mamata Banerjee ridicules BJP’s 400-seat ambition, and challenges to secure 200 constituencies.
2. Banerjee vows to block Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) implementation in West Bengal.
3. Fiery speech reaffirms Banerjee’s firm stance against BJP’s electoral goals and CAA imposition.
Kolkata, March 31: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a fiery speech on Sunday, ridiculed the BJP’s ambition of winning 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and threw down the gauntlet, challenging them to secure at least 200 constituencies.
Asserting her stance against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Banerjee declared that its implementation would be prohibited in the state.
She warned people that applying for the CAA would inadvertently label them as foreigners, urging them to refrain from such actions.
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Mocking the BJP’s electoral aspirations, Banerjee remarked, “The BJP is saying ‘400 paar’, I challenge them to cross the 200 seats benchmark first. In the 2021 assembly polls, they aimed for 200 plus seats but could only manage to secure 77.”
Addressing her first rally since her recent injury, Banerjee vehemently opposed the CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal.
She emphasized that both initiatives were designed to trap legal citizens into foreigner status and vowed to prevent their implementation in the state.
Banerjee also criticized the INDIA alliance partners, CPI(M) and Congress, accusing them of colluding with the BJP in West Bengal.
Dismissing the existence of the INDIA alliance in the state, she accused the CPI(M) and Congress of working in tandem with the BJP.
Highlighting the plight of TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Banerjee condemned her expulsion from the Lok Sabha for her vocal opposition against the BJP.
She rallied in support of Moitra during an election rally in Krishnanagar, reaffirming her party’s commitment to stand against BJP’s influence in the state.
