Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a fierce attack on the BJP leadership for using the Central investigating agencies to arm-twist the Opposition parties that dared to point fingers at it.
Speaking on the foundation day of the Trinamool Congress Chatra Prishad, the students’ arm of the Bengal ruling outfit, the CM said that having failed to defeat TMC politically, the BJP is using central agencies to stifle it.
“But they should remember that if they use the ED to point one finger at us, there are 10 fingers pointing at them. We have bags full of documents on Gujarat we will make them all public and then move the court if the agencies did nothing about them,” Mamata said in an apparent reaction to summons issued by the ED to her nephew and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Ruchira in relation to the coal scam case.
“Having failed to defeat me politically they are targeting my family members … I do not mind political fights against our leaders but when you target their families it is too much,” Banerjee said, adding “more the BJP continues its repressive policies the more there will be Khela … now there will be Khela Hobe in the entire country.”
She said she would soon contact all the Opposition Chief Ministers to launch a united fight against the BJP.
“This is a Tandav of a Government which has politicized all the Agencies … they are using NHRC against us … but when there is violence in Tripura why don’t the Human Rights people go there,” she asked.
“They are pointing fingers on us regarding the coal scam … why don’t they catch their own people … after all Coal Ministry functions under the Centre … in fact one of their ministers from Asansol has looted the coal belt … why no action is being taken against them,” she said.
Speaking about the Centre’s National Monetisation Pipeline plans that would entail privatization of underutilized government assets Mamata said, “This Government is selling out the entire country … from Railways to telecom to mines to oil fields to airports, PSUs … everything … Can you sell the soil of your country like this … tomorrow they will ask you to sell your eyes, ears and nose.”
On Afghanistan policy, she asked why the Government was not disclosing the number of Indian still left in the war-torn country. “Why is the Government not telling about how many Indians are still left in Afghanistan… why did they pull out the Indian security personnel from that country …,” she asked.
Chief Minister’s nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee too attacked BJP challenging it to “do whatever you want to but we will defeat you in Tripura.”
Junior Banerjee said “You may set ED and anything after me but I challenge Amit Shah … save Tripura from us if you can … we shall dislodge you from that State and throw you out of this country.”