On Monday, the BJP once more threatened to topple Bengal’s democratically elected Mamata Banerjee administration, drawing mockery from both the CPM and this country’s ruling party.
Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition and the BJP’s Nandigram MLA, declared at a party political gathering that the fall of the Trinamul-led government was only a matter of time.
“People should continue to observe. They ought to continue to look. Trinamul must leave; there is no doubt in my mind about that. Let them carry on observing. Maharashtra first. Finally, Jharkhand. Bengal comes next. Adhikari, a Trinamul traitor, added, “Let them watch. Let them see.
The overthrow of the Uddhav Thackeray administration in Maharashtra appears to have been another instance of the infamous Operation Lotus, which stands for the overthrow of a non-BJP administration supposedly brought about by defections.
In Rajasthan, the BJP tried it unsuccessfully, but it was effective in overthrowing elected governments in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. According to BJP sources, Jharkhand would be the location of the attempt.
Santanu Sen, a Rajya Sabha member for Trinamul, criticised Adhikari. He seemed to have forgotten that this is Bengal and not Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, or Maharashtra, where legitimately elected governments can be overthrown by buying MLAs through the abuse of financial power or by having them pursued by federal investigation agencies. In Bengal, where Mamata Banerjee is the chief minister and the Trinamul Congress is the dominant party, our elected officials are neither for sale nor are they subject to intimidation from the government, he stated.
“He is living in a fool’s paradise. He is in political bankruptcy. Their claims of 200 or more seats have reduced them to 70, and that’s only on paper; the actual number is much lower. Sukanta Majumdar, the head of the BJP’s state unit, and Dilip Ghosh, the party’s vice president, both dislike him, therefore his own position there is shaky. He’s going crazy, really. We sincerely hope that he recovers quickly,” he continued.
Samik Lahiri, a CPM leader, criticised the BJP. The BJP buys and sells MLAs and MPs because it has no faith in the electorate. Trinamul is regarded as an enemy of the people by Leftists, but the only means of defeating it will be to persuade people to remove them from office. Horse trafficking kills democracy, he declared.
The Congressman from Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that Adhikari was ignorant of a covert agreement between Mamata and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Not everyone is aware of the mutual management between Didi and Modi, which is why certain people publicly boast in such ridiculous ways. The deal between Modi and Didi cannot be overturned by the BJP’s state chapter, thus the Bengal administration won’t fall.
Adhikari made his speech during a protest demonstration demanding that Trinamul minister Akhil Giri be punished for allegedly making disparaging remarks against President Droupadi Murmu.
Additionally, Adhikari mentioned the sales of Mamata’s artwork in 2011–12 and 2012–13, citing the buyers as Saradha Group CEO Sudipta Sen and Rose Valley CEO Goutam Kundu. Lahiri of the CPM questioned Adhikari’s silence before to joining the BJP.
