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UPA without Congress party?

How Mamata and PK are trying

to sideline the Gandhis

At an event in Mumbai, the TMC chief said if all the regional parties come together then defeating

the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be very easy

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Mumbai/New Delhi

s Trinamool Congress (TMC)
chief Mamata Banerjee is
Amaking political moves con-
sidering the 2024 Lok Sabha polls,
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Na-
tional Vice President Dilip Ghosh
on Wednesday termed West Bengal
Chief Minister’s meetings with Na-
tional Congress Party (NCP) and
Shiv Sena leaders in Mumbai as a
“show” while Shiv Sena MP Arvind
Sawant said that Uddhav Thackeray
can also be considered as a prime
ministerial candidate in the next Lok
Sabha polls.

after mamata won the West
Bengal assembly elections by a

huge margin, has now emerged
as the face of the opposition.
mamata, who is on a three-day
visit to maharashtra, met Shiv

Sena leaders Sanjay raut and
aditya thackeray on tuesday NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressing media, in Mumbai on Wednesday. (ANI)
and is scheduled to meet ncP saying “there is no UPA” soon after was roped in by Mamata Baner- part of the United Progressive Alli-
president Sharad Pawar today. a meeting in Mumbai with Nation- jee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) ance, an alliance of several parties
alist Congress Party (NCP) chief for the West Bengal Assembly Elec- including Congress that remained in
Meanwhile, calling for the se- Sharad Pawar, an ally of Congress tions 2021 resulting in a landslide power at the Centre for 10 years from
lection of the opposition leader in in Maharashtra. Taking to Twitter, victory. 2004 to 2014 when the BJP came to
a democratic manner, poll strategist Kishor said, “The IDEA and SPACE However, Mamata’s remarks power. After the TMC’s landslide
Prashant Kishor on Thursday target- that Congress represents is vital evoked a strong response from the victory in West Bengal Assembly
ed the Congress by stating that its for a strong opposition. But Con- Congress party, currently being led polls held earlier this year, Mamata
leadership was not the divine right gress’ leadership is not the DIVINE by interim president Sonia Gandhi. is continuously pitching for a strong
of an individual and pointed out that RIGHT of an individual especially At an event in Mumbai, the alternative at the national level but
the party has lost more than 90 per when the party has lost more than 90 TMC chief said if all the regional indirectly taking on Congress.
cent elections in the last 10 years. per cent elections in the last 10 years. parties come together then defeat- In a seeming attempt at pan-na-
Kishor’s remarks come after Let opposition leadership be decid- ing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tional expansion or alliance with
West Bengal Chief Minister Ma- ed Democratically.” will be very easy. “like minded-parties” ahead of the
mata Banerjee’s jibe at Congress Notably, the election strategist Trinamool Congress was once Continued at next page... >>

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