West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is apprehensive about the growing unity among Hindu voters, which played a key role in the BJP’s victories in Maharashtra, Haryana, and Delhi, according to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly. On Tuesday, he hinted that Banerjee fears a similar outcome in the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Adhikari further remarked that the rising enthusiasm within the Hindu community for the grand Maha Kumbh event in Prayagraj has added to the Chief Minister’s concerns.
During an address in the Assembly, Banerjee commented on the event, stating that due to "mismanagement and VVIP culture," the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj had turned into a "Mrityu Kumbh."
"The Chief Minister has claimed that the Maha Kumbh is not a religious gathering but an event for minting money. The Chief Minister will have to repent for making such a comment. I am appealing to the saint community to protest such comments by the Chief Minister," Adhikari said.
He also claimed that the Chief Minister indirectly threatened him during his speech on the House floor.
"She questioned what if the people from a particular community unite against me? I will report to the Union Home Ministry on such a threat with video clippings of the Chief Minister’s statement on the floor of the House. I am being provided with security following an order from the Calcutta High Court. I will also approach the Calcutta High Court with a plea seeking to restrain the Chief Minister from making such provocative statements," he said.
He also referred to his suspension from the House for a month on Monday, stating that it happened because the Leader of the Opposition is now with the BJP.
"The Left Front was the principal opposition party in West Bengal from 2011 to 2016. The Leader of the Opposition was never suspended from the House during that period. Congress was the principal opposition party in the Assembly from 2016 to 2021. The Leader of the Opposition was never suspended from the House then. But hurdles are being created for the opposition in every stage since BJP became the principal opposition party in 2021," Adhikari claimed.
He also alleged that the Chief Minister does not care about the Constitutional norms and wants to establish autocracy in the state.
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