Lagatar24 Desk
Panaji, Oct.30: Mamata Banerjee, the chief of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), has slammed the Congress party for being indecisive, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is only gaining more strong as a result of the Congress’s lack of decision-making abilities and earnestness.
CM Banerjee, who is on a three-day visit to Goa ahead of the 2022 assembly elections, made the statement in response to a query on whether she will form an alliance with the Congress to defeat the ruling BJP in the state.
“I can’t say everything right now because they (Congress) aren’t interested in politics… Because of the Congress, Modiji will become more powerful… Why should the country suffer because someone can’t make a decision?” she said.
“Congress had a “chance” (in the past). Rather than fighting the BJP, they ran against me in my home state,” she added.
She further said that she wants regional parties and states to be strong.
“I want the regional parties to be powerful. We want the federal government to be well-structured. We should strengthen states because if states are strong, the centre will be strong as well. Enough is enough, Delhi ka dadagiri ‘amka naka’ (We don’t want Delhi’s bullying).”
Banerjee met the Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai and discussed the matter to “walk together” to fight against the BJP ahead of addressing the reports. She said that her party wants to avoid division of votes.
“We discussed the matter that let’s walk together to fight against BJP. So it’s their decision to decide. We want to avoid division of votes. So want regional parties that can walk together to fight against BJP,” she said.
Mamata Banerjee is on a visit to Goa as her party seeks to branch out into new states. Goa Assembly has strength of 40 members out of which BJP currently has 17 legislators and enjoys the support of legislators from Maharashtrawadi.
