new Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Friday hit back at Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and said she was devaluing the electoral choice of the people by questioning the mandate of the assembly elections. Is doing.
Reacting to the BJP’s victory in four states, Banerjee had said that “this victory is not a true reflection of the mandate”. Along with this, he also accused the BJP of looting votes by using the electoral machinery. The results of the assembly elections held in five states came on Thursday. The BJP returned to power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa while the Aam Aadmi Party won a thumping majority in Punjab.
Malviya said that despite persistent efforts, Mamata Banerjee could not agree on her intention to become the prime ministerial candidate from the opposition parties. Referring to the violence that erupted in the state after the West Bengal assembly elections last year, Malviya said Banerjee should first look at her track record as chief minister and Bengal’s home minister.
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He said the results of the May 2021 assembly elections led to the “most horrific post-election violence” in the history of independent India under the leadership of Chief Minister Banerjee. “Deprecating the spectacular success of the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh and other states as not being a true reflection of the mandate is a devaluation of the electoral choice of the people,” he said.
Referring to Mamata Banerjee’s aspirations, Malviya said, “She also failed to agree on her idea of becoming the prime ministerial candidate from the opposition.” “He should ask whether other candidates from parties like Aam Aadmi Party, Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Nationalist Congress Party, without Congress seeing him at the center of any such possibility,” he said.
Malviya questioned whether these parties have any vision for the country other than somehow gaining power? Reiterating her call for an opposition alliance to defeat the BJP, Banerjee also said there is no point in “sitting idle” and waiting for the Congress.
“The party (BJP) should not make much noise if it wins in some states. This victory is not a true reflection of the people’s mandate. This decision is due to the open use of electoral machinery to loot votes.” “Akhilesh Yadav (of the Samajwadi Party) lost not because of the mandate but because of the loot of votes,” Banerjee said. (agency)