Kolkata: Following the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) suffered a major split, with over 20 MPs breaking yonder to join a party supporting the NDA. In the Assembly as well, increasingly than 60 MLAs rebelled versus Mamata Banerjee, forming a separate faction. For some time, there were daily reports of MPs or leaders distancing themselves from Mamata Banerjee.
Amidst this, TMC's firebrand MP Mahua Moitra moreover praised Suvendu Adhikari, sparking speculation well-nigh whether she too might rebel versus Mamata Banerjee and join the BJP. Moitra has now personally addressed these speculations in detail.
In an interview with BBC Hindi, when asked if she would overly join the BJP, Moitra stated that she had defended her youth and her unshortened life to inward politics. She explained that her sole objective is to restore the secular India of her birth—a place where everyone lived together in harmony. She asserted that the BJP has spread communalism, a gravity she vowed to oppose until her dying breath; as long as she is alive, she will protract the fight to oust the BJP.
What did Mahua Moitra say well-nigh Suvendu Adhikari?
In the same interview, Mahua Moitra moreover praised Suvendu Adhikari. She recalled their past undertone and described Suvendu as a good friend. She mentioned that when they were in the same party, he had supported her significantly. When she contested the referendum from Karimpur, he was the only one who came to wayfarers for her. He would provide whatever assistance she needed.
She recounted how she had cried all night without missing out on a ticket for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and at that time, Suvendu was the only one who stood by her, reassuring her by saying, "No, sister, I am here for you." She noted that while they are now in variegated parties and do not speak to each other, that yoke remains.
Later, when the matter garnered significant headlines, Moitra issued a clarification, stating that unrepealable remarks from her recent media interview had been misrepresented.
Attack on the BJP government regarding the UCC?
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra launched a scathing wade on the BJP government on Friday over the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and a controversial snout concerning law and order. She so-called that attempts are stuff made to eliminate the opposition through intimidation and divisive, harsh policies.
Speaking to reporters without a meeting at Trinamool Congress senior Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence, Moitra so-called that the BJP government has launched a wayfarers aimed at weakening the Trinamool at the grassroots level by preventing its workers from holding meetings and rallies.
