BJP MP Dilip Ghosh on Saturday mocked the existence of the INDIA bloc referring to the current announcement by Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to go solo within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He stated that each one that is simply to “create a hoax among the voters” and to “befool them”.
“There is no alliance. They are all leaving. She (Trinamool Congress boss Mamata Banerjee) said that it will not have any alliance in West Bengal… All this is just to create a hoax among the voters and to befool them… Evem CPI(M) has said they’re not in the alliance,” Dilip Ghosh informed reporters in Kharagpur, Bengal.
The BJP MP additional stated that within the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamool Congress will solely win half of the seats whereas the Congress shall be worn out from the jap state.
Dilip Ghosh additionally commented on the Bihar political disaster, saying that the issue is that they (Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar) can “neither work separately nor can they work together”.
Notably, within the 2019 common election, Congress registered its second-worst efficiency within the state by profitable solely 2 of the 42 seats, taking its vote share to five.7 per cent. The Trinamool Congress had gained 22 seats with 43.7 per cent of the vote share. The BJP had emerged as the primary opposition for the primary time in Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, profitable 18 seats and 40.6 per cent of vote share, dislodging the grand previous get together and the Left.
Earlier this month, Dilip Ghosh stated that the INDIA alliance would “break” quickly. His remarks had come after the final assembly of the INDIA alliance, following which Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge was named because the bloc’s chairperson.
“The INDIA alliance only does meetings, but there is no work…Nothing would happen, and the alliance would break soon,” Dilip Ghosh had informed reporters.
The BJP MP’s recent dig on the Opposition-led bloc got here amid rift within the alliance, which has been aggravated by rumours that Janata Dal (United) supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar might rekindle ties with the BJP-led NDA and type a brand new authorities in Bihar. This growth has come a blow to the INDIA bloc as Nitish Kumar is a key member within the alliance and was even supplied the convenor’s submit within the INDIA bloc’s final assembly this month. On the time, his get together had turned down the provide, saying the JD(U) chief was not involved in the identical and Nitish Kumar reportedly including that he desires somebody from Congress to take the accountability.
Sources have informed India Immediately that Nitish Kumar is sad with Congress resulting from failed seat-sharing discussions within the INDIA bloc. The Bihar Chief Minister additionally believes that Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ led by MP Rahul Gandhi has solely been undertaken for the advantage of the grand previous get together and never the INDIA bloc.
Sources additional informed India Immediately that Nitish Kumar is more likely to give up because the Bihar Chief Minister at present and get BJP MLAs help letter tonight.
Mamata Banerjee has additionally cited displeasure over no seat-sharing talks as causes for going solo in West Bengal within the 2024 common elections.
