Goutam Deb asks TMC workers to oust 'communal forces'
Balurghat: In a scathing attack against the BJP, Trinamool's South Dinajpur unit observer Goutam Deb said on Sunday that the target of Trinamool Congress is to defeat the communal forces and capture all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
Deb slammed the BJP at a party conference here on Sunday afternoon.
"The BJP will not win a single seat in our state. The target of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to win all Lok Sabha seats in Bengal. It is our goal to unite people while to the contrary the BJP's motto is to divide people. People will not support them. There is no place of communal disharmony here. People are staying here in peace but sometimes the peace is disturbed by the supporters of the saffron party," he said.
Deb asked local Trinamool leaders and workers to keep their eyes open so that they don't fall prey to the tactics of the BJP. "The BJP is trying to create a political unrest in Bengal before the upcoming elections. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have targeted Bengal as they know they will not retain power unless they win a substantial number of seats here. BJP's days in the Centre are numbered," he said.
Deb said in the last 2014 LS polls, Trinamool candidate and popular theatre personality Arpita Ghosh captured Balurghat seat by defeating the RSP with more than one lakh votes. He said the BJP had secured the third place in the Lok Sabha election.
"Mamata Banerjee has again selected Ghosh for Balurghat as she had done a great job as an MP. Her task has not ended yet," he said.
Outgoing Trinamool MP Arpita Ghosh, district president Biplab Mitra, MLAs Bachchu Hansda and Toraf Hussein Mondal, party leaders Sankar Chakraborty, Satyen Roy along with thousands of party activists were present in the conference.
Addressing a press conference, Biplab Mitra said: "We will try our best so that we can retain the Balurghat seat. It is true that BJP has targeted the seat but their intention will not be successful." Arpita Ghosh urged the TMC workers to stress on campaigning to achieve the dream of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of winning of all 42 LS seats.
