Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again staked her own imageasking for people’s support in the Bhawanipore Assembly by-electionseven as she told an audience from an election rally that if theywanted her to continue as their Chief Minister then they should comeout in hordes to vote for her.
“Do not think that Didi will win on her own … even one vote matters …even one vote is important for me to win this election … if you do notvote I will not be able to continue as the Chief Minister … someoneelse will then be sworn in … so if you want me to continue you willhave to come out of your houses and vote for me,” Banerjee who lost toOpposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari in the April-May Assembly electionsrequiring her to contest the by-elections said.
“A person cannot remain a Chief Minister if one is not elected withinsix months … And it is not ethical to continue on the post if onecannot get elected … so I will request you all to come out and vote,”she said attacking the BJP for “trying to put spanners in the path ofdevelopment of Bengal.”
Attacking the BJP Governments all over the country she said “look howthey are performing in UP … the Government there suppressed coronadeaths and threw the bodies in the river and I had to fish the bodiesout in Malda and cremate them … this is how the BJP works.”
Attacking the BJP-led Government in Tripura she said “they areattacking the TMC for imposing curbs but what is happening in Tripura… there they are not even allowing Abhishek (Banerjee) to hold a rally… and in order to do so they have imposed Section 144 in that State
till Dipawali which means that they will not allow the Durga Puja and
Kali Puja to be celebrated in that State … so much to remain inpower.”
On the farm movement she said that the central government was so”ruthless” that they were ignoring the farmers who were agitating nearDelhi for their rights. “The farmers are staging protests for the past8 months but this ruthless Government is not talking to them becausethey want to please their coporate bosses,” Banerjee said.
Incidentally Bhawanipore saw a plethora of activity on Thursday withboth the BJP and TMC leadership campaigning full steam in the area.