West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took a swipe at the Congress blaming it for the non-formation of a united Opposition to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 General Elections.
After getting elected as the Trinamool Congress chairperson, Banerjee said addressing her party workers, “If the CPI-M of 40 years can be ousted from Bengal, then BJP, which is completely running on the basis of money, can also be defeated.”
“The BJP is our main enemy. I feel bad when Congress votes in favour of the BJP in Meghalaya, Chandigarh. We wanted all anti-BJP fronts to come together but if some does not want to, then we will have to go ahead alone,” she added.
Though Banerjee and Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi bridged their differences last year, the terms between the two parties deteriorated soon after the Trinamool allegedly poached several members of the grand old party.
Banerjee on Wednesday also said her party would contest the 2024 General Elections from Uttar Pradesh, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi is located.
“We are not fighting the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. We are giving support to Akhilesh Yadav. But in 2024, we will contest,” said the Trinamool supremo.
