Amit Shah Confident Of Forming Govt, Says Bengal Won’t Forgive Mamata

<p>Launching a frontal attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed confidence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forming a majority government in West Bengal and said it is high time the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief introspects as to why many leaders are quitting her party.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |<a href="https://ift.tt/3anzdYA"> Budget 2021: Humanoid Robot 'ALTON' Requests Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman For A Future Ready Budget</a></strong></p> <p>Addressing a rally in Howrah, Shah alleged that a party, which supports infighting and insults &lsquo;Jai Shri Ram&rsquo; cannot retain any of its members.</p> <p>Shah&rsquo;s outburst came a day after former West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee quit the TMC and joined the BJP along with four other party leaders.</p> <p>&ldquo;I have told Rajib Banerjee that we will form majority government in Bengal. Many leaders are leaving the TMC. Mamata should introspect why,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>Taking a jibe at the Chief Minister, Shah said the state wants real change and not the &ldquo;poriborton&rdquo; promised by the TMC supremo.</p> <p>&ldquo;Mamata had promised &lsquo;poriborton&rsquo;. Look back at the past 10 years. Maa, Maati, Manush have faded into the background. Mamata Didi, Bengal won&rsquo;t forgive you,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>READ: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/3tarc1V" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PM Modi's First Mann Ki Baat In 2021: Nation Was Shocked To See Insult Of Tricolour On Jan 26</a></strong></p> <p>Continuing his tirade, the former BJP chief addressing the rally via video conferencing said: &ldquo;The way TMC, Left and Congress leaders are joining the BJP, Mamata Didi you would turn back and see no one by the time the elections are here.&rdquo;</p> <p>Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani, who was present on stage during the BJP rally at Howrah&rsquo;s Dumurjala stadium, also left no stones unturned in taking potshots at the West Bengal Chief Minister.</p> <p>&ldquo;A party that supports infighting, insults the slogan of &lsquo;Jai Shri Ram&rsquo;.... nobody can stay in that party. I want to tell Didi that you may have abandoned the &lsquo;Jai Shri Ram&rsquo; slogan but under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Ram temple is being made and Ram Rajya is knocking on Bengal&rsquo;s doors,&rdquo; she said.</p> <p>READ: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/39yH32l" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&lsquo;Bengal Realising That TMC Only Swindled People&rsquo;: Kailash Vijaywargiya As Rajib Banerjee, 4 Others Join BJP</a></strong></p> <p>The rally was attended by several TMC turncoats, including Suvendu Adhikari and Rajib Banerjee. Adhikari too voiced his ire, saying the &ldquo;Trinamool Congress is no longer a party but a private limited company&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;By February 28, TMC private limited company will be vacated, nobody will be left there,&rdquo; he claimed.</p> <p>Rajib Banerjee on his part pitched for a double engine government in West Bengal.</p> <p>&ldquo;We want Bharatiya Janata Party government at both the Centre and state for &lsquo;Sonar Bangla&rsquo;,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>The BJP and TMC have been at loggerheads in the run up to the elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly due in April-May this year.</p>

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