She wrote
Kolkata:
Mamata Banerjee has written to opposition leaders around the country expressing “deep concern” about what she alleges are central agencies being misused by the ruling BJP to target opponents, and called a meeting to discuss a “way forward”.
The Bengali minister said, in a letter on Sunday, that the BJP government at the Center had been using the central authorities to target political opponents “just as the elections were coming up”. anywhere in the country.
“I call on all of us to come together to discuss the way forward in a place that is convenient and suitable for everyone. The need of the hour is all the progressive forces above. this country unites and opposes this repressive force,” she wrote, urging a unified and principled “opposition” to “pave the way for a government” that our country deserves. “.
The letter comes one day her grandson, MP Abhishek Banerjee of the Trinamool Parliament, sought more time from the Department of Enforcement (ED), which summoned him today in a coal fraud case. .
“Central agencies such as the ED, CBI, Central Committee of Vigilance (CVC) and the Income Tax Department are being used to target, harass and corner political opponents across the country for their suppliers. grant,” Mamata Banerjee wrote in the letter.
“We must all oppose the ruling BJP’s intention to abuse these central authorities for the sole purpose of suppressing opposition leaders. The central authorities will begin to act immediately. when the election is coming to an end.”
She said the law “passed” congress in an opposition walkout that had allowed the Center to extend the terms of the ED and CBI chiefs.
The minister also alleged that people “didn’t get justice” because of “biased political interventions”.
“I have the highest respect for the judiciary. But right now, due to certain biased political interventions, people are not getting justice, which is a dangerous trend in our democracy. In our democratic system, the judiciary, the media and the public are important pillars. If there’s one part disrupted, the system crashes,” she said.
Ms Banerjee added: “As opposition parties, it is our constitutional responsibility to hold this government accountable for its actions, to counter the advocacy voices of the goblins who are fighting. suffocating”.
Since her massive victory in Bengal, against the powerful electoral machine of the BJP, the Minister has been at the center of opposition discussions to join forces and oppose the BJP in the 2024 national elections. .
Ms. Banerjee has been in contact with other Opposition Heads such as K Chandrasekhar Rao of Telangana and MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu. She has also campaigned in Uttar Pradesh for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, with whom the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) recently won Punjab, its first major state after Delhi.
