Country will witness a 'revolution' in 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Mamata
KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told newsmen in Frankfurt on Monday that the country will witness a "revolution" in 2019 Lok Sabha elections in which the BJP will be voted out of power by the people of India.
"No to BJP and Yes to country" is the need of the hour, she said.
While talking to newsmen, she said the arrogance and ego of the leaders have reached a saturation point and the common people have been neglected beyond limit. "The arrogance and ego of the leaders have reached new low and the steps taken by them have hit the pocket of the common people."
It may be mentioned that Banerjee has taken the initiative to set up a Federal Front comprising the anti-BJP forces. When asked whether she will be the Prime Minister in 2019 while taking part in an interactive session which was organised by a vernacular television channel in Kolkata last week, she said now, the sole purpose is to get rid of BJP. "We will have to vote them out first and then the Prime Minister will be decided." Banerjee had been highlighting the failure of the anti-people BJP government in meetings, rallies, and street corners and in these gatherings her slogan has been "Oust BJP from the Centre."
Banerjee along with state Finance minister Amit Mitra and Chief Secretary Malay De are putting up at Villa Kennedy Hotel. A business delegation is also accompanying her.
Banerjee will meet businessmen and representatives of various chambers of commerce on Tuesday. A delegation from Germany had visited Kolkata in January to take part in the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS). They had invited Banerjee and Tuesday's main focus will be the possibility of German investment in the MSME sector which is now the thrust area of the state government.
Banerjee took a stroll on the bank of River Rhine on Monday morning where she came across a musician on the road and played the tune We Shall Overcome on an electric organ.
She will go to Italy and hold talks with the businessmen after her trip to Germany.
