'Uproot' BJP from state, says Abhishek in firebrand speech against saffron party

BALURGHAT: Trinamool Congress MP and youth wing president Abhishek Banerjee has appealed to the public to uproot BJP from the soil of Bengal in the upcoming Parliamentary Elections in 2019.

Addressing a rally at Dishari Ground here in Balurghat, Banerjee said: "In the Left regime, we heard the names like Hat Kata Dilip, Kan Kata Dilip (nicknames of popular Left-backed goons during the party's rule in Bengal). Now, the people of Bengal are hearing the name of BJP's Dilip Ghosh, who is already popular for his abusive languages. The saffron brigade has no control over him. If our leader Mamata Banerjee instructs us, no one can find a single flag of BJP across Bengal."

Attacking the party at the Centre, Banerjee said: "BJP divides people using religion. This is nothing but petty politics through which BJP is trying to polarise voters. But Bengal's soil is different, where people will never entertain such devastating politics."

Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the attack on Trinamool and party supremo Mamata Banerjee, the youth wing president said: "Seven births are not enough for Modi to oust Mamata Banerjee from Bengal. The Chief Minister, during her two-term tenure, has undertaken a plethora of development projects like Sabuj Sathi, Kanyashree, Shikshashree, Yubasree and many more. Bengal has been running peacefully under her guidance and ruling but there is total anarchy and unrest everywhere else for the misrule of BJP in the Centre."

Banerjee also compared the Prime Minister with Gabbar Singh, a popular villain from the 70s Bollywood film Sholay.

"We are ready to fight with the communal forces in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll. BJP will never form the government there. Mamata Banerjee has set a target to defeat BJP. We will win all 42 seats here. Bengal is the soil of Matangini, Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath. Our integrity is great but nowadays we are hearing only Jai Sree Ram," Banerjee said.

Attacking 'Aadhaar', Banerjee said: "The Central government has already created panic among people in the name of Aadhaar card. People are now scared of it."

Attacking the Left Front, Banerjee said: "CPI-M and other Left parties are now taking shelter under BJP's umbrella for existence. They have no ideology at all. People have already rejected them for misrule from Bengal."

Veteran Trinamool leaders like Firhad Hakim, Subrata Bakshi, Chandrima Bhattacharjee, Arpita Ghosh and Biplab Mitra echoed Banerjee and said people are now ready to oust BJP from the Centre, while Trinamool will win all 42 seats and will take the lead role to form government at the Centre in 2019.