Kolkata, Apr 4:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed to drive the BJP out of the state first and then from Delhi, while alleging that the Election Commission is running the administration despite an elected government.
“It is my promise, I will drive out the BJP first from Bengal and then from Delhi,” the firebrand TMC leader said.
Addressing an election rally here, she condemned Wednesday’s gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda, saying the central agencies, either the CBI or the NIA, will now take action on the Supreme Court’s orders.
“One should not indulge in such activities before elections. The whole state has been disgraced because of this incident,” Banerjee said, adding she favours peace and takes along people of all communities.
She accused the poll body of acting at the BJP’s behest, alleging development work in the state has stalled.
“The EC has doomed Bengal at the behest of the BJP; development work has stopped in the state,” Banerjee, who has repeatedly accused the poll body of being hand in glove with the saffron party, said.
“(Prime Minister) Narendra Modi and (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah have taken the country on the path to ruin,” she said.