Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Congress and the Communist Party of India are helping the BJP in the state’s Lok Sabha constituencies where her Trinamool Congress’ victory was assured.
“In those seats where victories for our candidates are assured, both the Congress and the CPI(M) are giving covert support to the BJP. In West Bengal, the BJP has two eyes – one is CPI-M and the second is Congress,” she said. During her speech at an election meeting in Murshidabad.
Banerjee, who is also a Trinamool president, once again expressed his concerns about the split in anti-BJP votes in West Bengal to help the BJP.
“We support other parties who are fighting against the BJP in other states. But remember in West Bengal, only the Trinamool Congress is fighting against the BJP. So please do not divide your votes in West Bengal this time. I realize that people in Many times they do so. “Not only do they vote for other parties out of love, but everyone is disillusioned with the BJP,” she said.
Two Lok Sabha constituencies in Murshidabad district, Jangipur and Murshidabad, will go to the polls in the third phase on May 7. The third constituency of the district, Baharampur, will go to the polls in the fourth phase on May 13.
In Baharampur, the most significant candidate is state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, against whom Trinamool has nominated former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan. In Murshidabad, the star candidate is CPI(M) Politburo member and party state minister Mohammad Salim.