Highlighting the series of defections in the Trinamool Congress in the past three months Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that by the time polls are held in West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will be left all alone. 

“ In the past three months so many leaders from the Trinamool Congress have joined BJP. Mamata Ji should contemplate why this is happening….By the time polls are held you ( Ms. Banerjee) will be standing all alone,” Mr Shah, said virtually addressing a public gathering at Howrah.  The Home Minister also referred to another defection when several MLAs along with Suvendu Adhikari joined the BJP in December last year.

He said that ten years ago when the Trinamool Congress government came to power on the slogan of ‘Maa Maati Maanush’ (Mother, Earth, Humanity) but the party has resorted to “extortion, corruption and appeasment.” 

During his address the Home Minister welcomed the Trinamool leaders including former Minister Rajib Banerjee who joined BJP yesterday and expressed hope that they will contribute to the BJP slogan of making “Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal)”. 

Mr. Shah said that Mamata Banerjee has taken the State to a far worse situation where it was ten years ago during the Left Front regime. The Home Minister raised the non-implementation of two central government schemes Ayushman Bharat and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. Mr. Shah said that the Trinamool Congress government is not implementing the schemes because of these are schemes are run by Centre and assured these schemes will be implemented from the first cabinet meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in West Bengal. 

The Home Minster said that the Chief Minister has agreed for implementation of PM Kisan and sent a letter another that she is willing for the benefits of the scheme to disbursed to the people.  “Didi do you think that people of the State won’t realize your cunningness. You sent us a letter but did not give details of the bank accounts in which the money should be deposited,” Mr. Shah said. 

The Home Minister also accused the Mamata Banerjee government of working towards “Bhajita Kalyan ( Welfare of the nephew)”. Mr Shah also accused that only agenda of the Mamata Banerjee is make her nephew Chief Minister. 

Five Trinamool Congress leaders including Rajib Banerjee, MLA from Bally Vaishali Dalmiya and MLA from Uttarpara Prabir Kumar Ghosal who joined the BJP yesterday at the Home Minister residence were present at the rally.  Mr. Banerjee criticized the TMC government has launched a “ Duare Sarkar ( Government at Doorsteps)” because the government did not reach to the people in the past 10 years. 

Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani was present at the rally and accused Trinamool government of corruption during the COVID-19 outbreak and during Amphan relief.  She said people of the State will never forgive the Chief Minister for calling the people returning from other states “Corona Express”.