‘Fight Against BJP Can Be Fought Only Under Congress Leadership’: Congress Leader on Mamata’s ‘No UPA’ Remark
Mamata took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said 'you cannot be abroad most of the time', adding “What is UPA? There is no UPA.”
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday responded to TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee’s remark that there was no United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the country and said that a fight against the BJP can be put up only with the help of the Congress party. Also Read: SRK Has Been Victimised: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee In Mumbai
“Fight against BJP can be fought only under Congress’ leadership as communal forces are sitting at Centre with a mindset of selling off the nation, ending constitutional system and are working towards it,” Patole said, news agency ANI reported. Also Read: BJP Leader Files Police Complaint Against Bengal CM For ‘Insulting National Anthem’
Patole took to Twitter and claimed that the country is more important than individual ambitions and the fight against the BJP needed to be fought in unity and ‘not arrogance’.
On her three-day visit to Maharastra, Mamta took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said ‘you cannot be abroad most of the time’, adding “What is UPA? There is no UPA.” Also Read: Is Shiv Sena Facilitating Migration Of Businesses To West Bengal?; Asks BJP Leader After Mamata-Aditya Meet
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat also slammed the TMC Supremo and stressed the irreplaceability of Congress in a likely grand alliance against the BJP.
“No individual party can fight against BJP by directly or indirectly criticising Rahul Gandhi if that party continues to think about its political gain and personal ambitions. The Congress is the only viable option for the country and the democracy,” Thorat said. Also Read: I Don’t See Congress Getting 300 Seats In 2024 Polls: Congress Leader Ghulam Nabi
It has been underlined more than once that all is not well between Congress and the TMC. Last month, she skipped meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi during her Delhi visit, while many Congress leaders have left the grand old party and joined the TMC, further infuriating the Congress leadership in Delhi.
TMC is projecting Mamata Banerjee as a Prime Ministerial candidate against BJP in general elections in 2024, who has recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections with success.
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