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Suvendu Adhikari Attacks Mamata Over Delhi Opposition Meeting
Suvendu Adhikari criticized Mamata Banerjee for planning to visit Delhi.
He said she was going there to work with CPI(M) leaders on what he called a new conspiracy.
He also made strong accusations about the groups he said were supporting her.
Banerjee is expected to join an INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi.
The meeting will discuss complaints about the Election Commission and voter-list revisions.
Opposition parties want action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Adhikari asked Delhi Police and the Intelligence Bureau to watch Banerjee’s activities.
He also praised a court decision rejecting a challenge to a BJP candidate’s election affidavit.
Suvendu Adhikari accused Mamata Banerjee of travelling to Delhi to devise a “new conspiracy” with CPI(M) leaders.
Adhikari alleged that Banerjee was moving forward with “Jamaat in one hand and dimagi naxals in the other.”
Banerjee is expected to attend an INDIA bloc meeting on September 30 after speaking with M. A. Baby and Rahul Gandhi.
Opposition parties are coordinating demands for action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Adhikari also welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s dismissal of a Congress petition challenging BJP candidate Hasirani Rath’s nomination affidavit.
- Who
- Suvendu Adhikari criticized Mamata Banerjee, whose proposed Delhi visit involves coordination with CPI(M), Congress and other opposition parties.
- What
- Adhikari accused Banerjee of pursuing a new conspiracy and used the phrases “Jamaat in one hand” and “dimagi naxals in the other.”
- Where
- The comments were made at the state BJP office in Kolkata, while the proposed meeting was scheduled for Delhi’s Constitution Club.
- When
- The remarks were reported on September 29; the INDIA bloc meeting was expected on September 30, ahead of October 6 bypolls.
- Why
- The dispute concerns opposition coordination over demands for action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and scrutiny of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Opposition parties
Bharatiya Janata Party
Election Commission scrutiny
Opposition parties
The Trinamool Congress, CPI(M), Congress and other opposition parties are seeking action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and greater scrutiny of the poll process and electoral-roll revision.
Bharatiya Janata Party
Suvendu Adhikari portrayed the opposition coordination as a political conspiracy and criticized Mamata Banerjee’s outreach to CPI(M) leaders.
Mamata Banerjee’s Delhi visit
Opposition parties
Banerjee is expected to attend an INDIA bloc meeting to discuss a joint opposition strategy on the Election Commission issue.
Bharatiya Janata Party
Adhikari alleged that her visit was intended to hatch a “new conspiracy” with CPI(M) leaders and asked Delhi Police and the Intelligence Bureau to monitor her activities.
Hasirani Rath nomination petition
Opposition parties
Congress challenged discrepancies it identified in BJP candidate Hasirani Rath’s age and educational qualifications in her nomination affidavit.
Bharatiya Janata Party
Adhikari welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s dismissal of the petition and described it as good news for the BJP.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Suvendu Adhikari, BJP leader
- Target of criticism
- Mamata Banerjee
- Proposed meeting
- INDIA bloc meeting at Delhi’s Constitution Club on September 30
- Election issue
- Opposition demands action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Electoral exercise
- Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Court development
- Calcutta High Court dismissed a Congress petition challenging Hasirani Rath’s nomination affidavit
- Upcoming polls
- Bypolls to Nandigram and Rejinagar were scheduled for October 6
Quotes
Suvendu Adhikari
BJP leader in West Bengal
“Her main advisers now are the dimagi naxals. Jamaat in one hand and dimagi naxals in the other — she is moving ahead with both.”
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“I will request the Delhi Police and Central IB to keep a watch so that there is no meeting again with any anti-national force.”
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Sources
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