West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has targeted the Congress and asked the opposition parties to come together after the defeat of the Congress in five states. Taking a jibe at the Congress, Mamta Banerjee said that the Congress is losing its credibility. Mamta Banerjee had said that the entire opposition will have to fight the elections together. After Mamata Banerjee’s statement, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has targeted Mamta Banerjee.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury even called Mamta Banerjee insane. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury media He said, “It is not right to answer a mad person, there are 700 MLAs of Congress all over India. Is it near sister? Congress has 20% of the total vote share of the opposition. Do they have it?”
Along with this, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury BJP to Mamata Banerjee Agent of. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that she (Mamata Banerjee) is saying this to please the BJP and act as an agent of the BJP. She says such things to stay relevant.”
What did Mamata Banerjee say?: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said that if the BJP is to be defeated in the coming Lok Sabha elections, then the entire opposition will have to fight the elections together. He had further said that the assembly elections in five states have proved that the Congress is losing its credibility and there is no need to wait for the stand of the oldest party (Congress) to take on the BJP. Mamta Banerjee had said that, “The political parties who want to fight the BJP should come together. Congress is losing its credibility. We cannot depend on Congress.”
The performance of the Congress in the elections to the five states that was concluded was very poor. In Punjab, the Congress was reduced to just 18 seats, while in UP, the Congress got 2 seats. In Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa also, the Congress’s performance was very poor.