Hitting out at BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the 2019 Lok Sabha election was a mystery, not a history, and demanded the ballot box back.
Speaking at a mega rally in Kolkata on Martyrs’ Day, Banerjee said, “The Lok Sabha election in 2019 is a mystery, not history. We don’t want EVMs. We want the ballot box to be brought back. We want to tell the Election Commission in the state that municipality and other elections should be done via ballot boxes.”
She also alleged that the ruling party at the Centre is indulging in horse-trading throughout the country.
“They (BJP) are indulging in horse-trading everywhere. They are trying to break (governments) in Karnataka, Goa, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and other states. If you go on indulging yourself in such activities, one day your back will break and you will never be able to rise up again.”
“Here I was talking to an MLA who switched over to BJP. He said the BJP offered him Rs 2 crore and a petrol pump for joining,” she added. “I have seen governments at the Centre. Be it the government of Rajiv Gandhi or Deve Gowda or even Atal ji. But I have never seen a government like this.
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While Martyrs’ Day – a tribute to the people killed in police firing during her rally in 1993 – is an annual event, today’s rally at the heart of Kolkata is seen as a launchpad for the assembly election campaign.
The Bengal CM also accused the BJP of making inroads in the state through ‘money, police and EVMs and said in the coming assembly elections, they will lose everything.
She also asked her party leaders to strengthen the booth-level organisation. “BJP just got 18 seats in the state and are shouting now. They are grabbing party offices and targeting our workers. We have got a majority of 24 seats. One should not forget this,” she warned.
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