Amid AAP vs Centre, CM Mamata Banerjee says 'they might have to go' before 2024 Lok Sabha polls
It's only a matter of six months (that the central government will stay in power) ...But if a miracle occurs, they might have to go before that too: CM Mamata Banerjee said after meet with CM Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann
PremiumAam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejirwal met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee along with his Punjab counterpart and fellow AAP leader Bhagwant Mann at the West Bengal secretariat (Nabanna) on Tuesday.
In what seems like the effort to consolidate opposition ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, this meet comes after Bihar Chief Minister assured the AAP leader support against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre's Ordinance against the Delhi Government.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took a jibe at BJP and its governned Central government. She said," What do they (the BJP) think? Are we their bonded labour? Are we their servants? We are worried that they may change the constitution and change the country's name to party's name. They want to bulldoze the constitution... It is a government of the bulldozer, by the bulldozer, for the bulldozer".
CM Banerjee also said that her party would support him in his fight against the Central ordinance to control appointments and transfer of bureaucrats in the city-state. Banerjee told newspersons, "We support AAP in the fight against the Central ordinance ...Request all parties not to vote for BJP's law (on controlling appointments in Delhi)".
She added, “It is a grand opportunity to defeat BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in the Rajya Sabha as all the opposition parties are united on the issue of the ordinance".
The TMC leader also quipped "The double engine (BJP rule in both state and centre) has become a troubled engine" and added mysteriously, “It's only a matter of six months (that the central government will stay in power) ...But if a miracle occurs, they might have to go before that too."
Kejriwal is on a nationwide tour to garner support for his fight against the Centre’s ordinance on control of services in Delhi
The Delhi chief minister told newspersons that a forthcoming vote in Rajya Sabha on a bill to convert the central ordinance into law, will be a “semi-final before the 2024 elections."
He alleged the saffron party “buys MLAs, uses CBI, ED to try to break" opposition governments, besides using Governors to disturb non-BJP governments such as in “Bengal, Punjab, Telangana and Andhra".
Earlier in the morning, Kejriwal had tweeted, "Today, I am starting my journey around the country for the rights of the people of Delhi. The Supreme Court had passed a judgement giving justice to the people of Delhi. The Centre snatched away those rights by bringing the ordinance".
"When this comes in the Rajya Sabha, it has to be ensured that it not passed. I will meet the leaders of all political parties and ask for support," he added.
Reacting to Tuesday’s developments, the BJP termed Kejriwal’s trip to meet his counterpart in Kolkata as "political tourism" of Prime Ministerial aspirants ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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