New Delhi: Congress faces mounting challenges within the lead-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections regardless of the formation of the INDI alliance. Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal and Bhagwant Mann of Punjab have introduced their determination to contest independently, whereas Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has departed from the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ to kind a authorities with BJP’s help.
Including to the Congress predicament, Mamata Banerjee expressed skepticism about their capability to safe even 40 seats within the upcoming elections. The social gathering is grappling with inner and exterior rifts, elevating issues about its electoral efficiency.
Talking to the mediapersons throughout her two-day sit-in demonstration in opposition to non-payment of central dues to West Bengal, Banerjee additionally ridiculed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, with out naming him, over the latter’s mass attain out train throughout the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra within the state that moved to Jharkhand on Friday.
Making a direct reference to Rahul Gandhi’s interplay with ‘bidi’ employees in North Bengal, Banerjee stated, “One who doesn’t have the minimal information as to how bidis are made is now resorting to photo-shoots. That is the pattern and trend happening now.”
She additionally reiterated that Trinamool Congress alone can resist the BJP in West Bengal. “We had resisted the BJP alone earlier than and we will probably be doing the identical this time as nicely,” she stated. She additionally accused the Congress of not sending her an official invitation to attend the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra when it entered West Bengal.
“They got here to our state however didn’t inform us even as soon as. The rally entered West Bengal out of the blue. I proposed Congress to contest 300 seats and go away the remaining for the regional events. But it surely didn’t agree and as a substitute confirmed its big-brother angle,” Banerjee stated.
