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'Let us unite to oust BJP from Centre'

We are ready for the polls; be it today, tomorrow or whenever, says Abhishek Banerjee

Kolkata: All India Trinamool Youth Congress president and party's MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said the Trinamool Congress is ready to go for elections any time and is confident of winning comprehensively.

Addressing a public rally at Rash Math in Baruipur as a preparatory meeting for the mega Brigade rally of the party scheduled on January 19, Banerjee said: "You have to ensure that the communal forces cannot rear its ugly head at any booth in South 24-Parganas district. Let us unite to drive them out. We are ready for the elections, be it today, tomorrow or day after tomorrow and we will be giving a befitting reply to them (BJP ) in a manner that they cannot be traced even with a microscope."

Banerjee reiterated that the Brigade rally will deliver the clarion call to oust the BJP from the Centre in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Drawing similarities between Netaji and Mamata Banerjee, he said the latter's battle cry "Delhi Chalo" is a reminder of Subhas Bose's slogan. Abhishek maintained that several national leaders like Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav, Stalin, Shatrughan Sinha, Farooq Abdullah and others will attend the rally to strengthen Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political fight to show the exit door to the BJP and establish a secular government at the Centre.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call of Achhe Din has proved to be a far cry. The good days will come only when the government at the Centre is toppled. The price of LPG will come down to Rs 500 and the diesel price will be at Rs 50 a litre," Banerjee said.

He also took a dig at the BJP which had planned to bring in leaders from other states in Bengal for political meetings. "They are bringing leaders from Delhi, party workers from 'agencies' and decorators from Ranchi and are claiming to win seats in Bengal. Isn't it ludicrous as their leaders are completely ignorant of the rich culture of the state," Banerjee said.

Abhishek was also critical of the Prime Minister's huge spending on publicity campaigns. "He had spent more than Rs 10000 crore for publicity but has deprived the country. All the promises made by him have been exercises in futility," he maintained.

Abhishek also took the opportunity to slam the BJP's plan of Rath Yatra programme in Bengal. "In the name of Rath Yatra, they have brought a 7-star AC luxury bus from Delhi. We have heard of Rath Yatra of Shri Jagannath and Shri Krishna. But in the name of Rath, they will be riding a luxury bus.

"They cannot compete with us in terms of development. We have fulfilled the promises that we made before coming to power," he said.

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