‘What a joke!’: Congress snubs TMC for suggesting Mamata as INDIA bloc face | India Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday rejected the concept of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee changing into chief of the INDIA bloc terming the suggestion a “joke”.
“That is an excellent joke,” Tagore quipped when requested about TMC leaders’ remarks.
This comes after TMC MP Kirti Azad asserted that Mamata was a greater face to guide the opposition bloc including that she had an ideal file towards BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Mamata Banerjee has an ideal file. Each time Narendra Modi has confronted defeat, it has at all times been in West Bengal. Even within the current by-elections, the place the BJP had one seat and we had 5, Mamata Didi hit a six and threw Narendra Modi out of the West Bengal boundary. Each time he involves Bengal meaning to insult, his vote depend will increase, and she or he, a really senior chief, continues to obviously specific her views,” Azad mentioned.
“Whereas the Indian authorities has mentioned nothing regardless of the intense state of affairs in Bangladesh, she has acknowledged that if the Indian authorities doesn’t act, the United Nations ought to step in to guard minorities wherever they’re. Mamata Banerjee isn’t just a pacesetter however a motion current in each family in West Bengal,” he added.
The TMC MP additional mentioned that Mamata takes everybody together with respect.
“Mamata Didi is somebody who takes everybody alongside. She prepares completely earlier than calling folks for conferences. There are occasions when emergency conferences are held, however she ensures that every one her persons are invited with respect and engages in dialogue together with her allies,” Azad mentioned.
Mamata Banerjee’s celebration is understanding its personal house throughout the INDIA bloc, primarily to have its personal say throughout the group, even whereas Congress stays the biggest celebration and therefore will get to guide the opposition cost. Congress’ current electoral defeats in Haryana and Maharashtra and TMC’s victory within the Bengal bypolls have pushed the regional celebration into taking its personal line, moderately than following Congress, whereas remaining throughout the opposition bloc.
Earlier, referring to the MVA’s poor efficiency, TMC chief Kalyan Banerjee mentioned that the entire alliance failed to fulfill expectations within the absence of a pacesetter.
“Immediately, if we genuinely need to combat towards the BJP and Narendra Modi, the INDIA alliance should be stronger. To attain that, one decisive chief is important. The important thing query now could be: who will that chief be?” Banerjee mentioned, hinting at Mamata Banerjee as a possible contender to problem the BJP and PM Modi.