NCP Director Sharad Pawar with Mamata Banerjee after a meeting at his residence in Mumbai
New Delhi:
As Trinamool Parliament (TMC) head Mamata Banerjee was making political moves aimed at Lok Sabha elections in 2024, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice President Dilip Ghosh today considered the meetings with NCP leaders in Mumbai as a “performance”.
Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant also said that Uddhav Thackeray could also be considered a prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha election.
After Mamata Banerjee won the West Bengal Parliament elections by a huge margin, she is now aiming to be the face of the Opposition.
Mamata Banerjee, who is on a three-day visit to Maharashtra, met Shiv Sena leaders Sanjay Raut and Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday and met NCP leader Sharad Pawar today.
“I don’t think anything will happen with these encounters. How will Mamata Banerjee support Shiv Sena? What do they have in there? There is a distance of 3,000 km between them. It’s all just a performance. acting,” BJP’s Dilip Ghosh said.
“It is a good thing to form a national party. But who is with her? She tried to break Parliament in Tripura and won some votes but failed. It is good that she is now. went to Maharashtra, where she tried to wash it off, Mr. Ghosh said, according to the ANI news agency.
Reacting to her meetings, the BJP leader also said, “The NCP has a bit of a problem so they can see her. Wherever she goes, she is cutting the votes of the NCP and the National Assembly with way to bring their leaders to their side. The great leaders, who went to Kolkata and clicked a picture with Mamata Banerjee, have not met her either.”
Shiv Sena in a statement released on Tuesday said that due to health problems, party chairman Uddhav Thackeray would not be able to meet Mamata Banerjee.
Regarding this, the BJP leader pointed out that Arvind Kejriwal, head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Interim President of the National Assembly Sonia Gandhi did not meet Mamata Banerjee during her recent visit to Delhi, speculating that maybe there is a rift between them.
“Uddhav Thackeray may be sick, but what happened to Arvind Kejriwal and Sonia Gandhi? Why didn’t they meet Mamata Banerjee? The politics she was carrying out to dominate everyone was unpopular with those who had She used to be on her side. She can go to Goa, Uttar Pradesh or Himachal Pradesh but she won’t get any benefit and she can’t help anyone. weak, maybe one or two retired politicians will be on her side,” Ghosh added.
After the sacking of Bengal, the attempt to spread TMC across the country was not liked by the Bengali people,” said Dilip Ghosh.
Meanwhile, MP Arvind Sawant of Shiv Sena said: “The opposition doesn’t need face to unite, it needs ideas. First, the ideology has to match, then anyone can be a faction. Opposition Uddhav Thackeray is also on everyone’s mind Uddhav Thackeray’s name is Having 4-5 ministers is considered good We also feel that Uddhav Thackeray should become the Prime Minister of the country What’s wrong with it? “
Mr. Sawant said: “It is a good thing to meet the leaders of the Opposition of the country. It is good for someone to believe that unity is needed in the Opposition.
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