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                                               a union of States:




                      amid bitter fight with Modi Govt,




         Mamata tries to rally Opposition parties






               BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

                                             Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday


        S GOpal puri

        Kolkata/New Delhi
                   est Bengal Chief Min-
                   ister Mamata Baner-
        Wjee on Wednesday
        expressed the view that there
        should be a union of all the
        states under the federal struc-
        ture. “In the federal structure,
        there should be a union of all
        state governments, so that oth-
        er states can also fight if any one
        state feels harassed,” Baner-
        jee said. She further requested
        other opposition leaders in the
        country to ‘save democracy’.
            “I want to request all opposi-
        tion parties to save democracy,
        to save the youth, farmers and
        labourers,” she said. She fur-
        ther reiterated her demand for
        the withdrawal of the Centre’s
        farm laws, against which farm-
        ers have been protesting for the
        last six months.                          BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI)
            “Industries are suffering and
        GST is being levied on medi- with PM Modi followed his ear-                  While in the TMC, Suven-         TMC government in West Ben-
        cines. For the last 7 months, they  lier meetings with Union Home  du Adhikari was considered a               gal of targeting its workers in a
        (Central government) didn’t  Minister Amit Shah, Union  close  confidante  of  Mamata                         spree of post-poll violence. Re-
        bother to speak to farmers. I de- minister Dharmendra Pradhan  Banerjee and held several port-                ports are now also coming in
        mand that all three farm laws be  and BJP president JP Nadda on  folios as a minister in the state            indicating  a  reverse migration
        withdrawn,” Banerjee had said.       Tuesday in Delhi.                   government.                          of TMC leaders and workers
            This statement from the                                                  “Met the Leader of the           who joined the BJP ahead of
        Bengal leaders came as BJP           suvendu  adhikari  defeated         Opposition in the West Ben-          the 2021 West Bengal Assem-
        leader and  West  Bengal  MLA                                            gal  Assembly,  Shri  Suvendu        bly election.
        Suvendu Adhikari met Prime           west Bengal chief Minister          Adhikari,” said the Prime Min-           The battle between the two
        Minister Narendra Modi in  Mamata Banerjee at Nandi- ister on Twitter. He also posted                         parties  is  getting bitter  and
        New Delhi on Wednesday.              gram seat in the assembly           a picture of his meeting with        ugly. While visiting West Ben-
        Named the Leader of Opposi-                                              Adhikari.                            gal’s Murshidabad to meet the
        tion (LoP) in the West Bengal        election held in March-april.           Reports suggest after Su-        family of a person who died in
        Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari           He had switched to the BJp          vendu Adhikari, Bengal BJP           a lightning strike, Trinamool
        said his meeting with PM Modi                                            leaders Arjun Singh and Sau-         Congress MP Abhishek Ba-
        lasted 45 minutes during which       from Mamata Banerjee’s              mitra Khan are slated to meet        nerjee on Wednesday attacked
        they had “detailed discussion”  Trinamool  congress ahead  party chief JP Nadda in New                        Bharatiya Janata Party, saying
        on several “political issues”.       of the polls.                       Delhi sometime this week.            the BJP leaders, who had lunch
            Suvendu Adhikari’s meeting                                               The BJP has accused the             Continued on next page... >>


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