Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi held poll rallies in West Bengal's Barasat and Jadavpur. Nine seats of West Bengal will go to polls in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections on June 1.
After winning 3 seats in the 2016 Assembly election in West Bengal, the BJP made deep inroads in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections winning 18 seats and reducing TMC's tally to 22. Out of the total 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Congress won two seats, the Left drew a blank.
The rally was to take place in the Muslim-dominated Metiabruz area of Kolkata - which falls in the parliamentary constituency represented by Abhishek Banerjee, who is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew.
Police, on the other hand, said they were yet to receive any application for permission to hold the sit-in from the BJP. "Once we receive it, we will take a decision," said an officer at the city police headquarters Lalbazar.
The statement made by Ghosh came in reference to the January 19 mega Opposition rally organised by the Trinamool chief at the Brigade Parade ground.
The HRD minister referred to the coalition rules of IK Gujral, Chandrashekhar and HD Deve Gowda in the past and said people suffered during the days of those "weak governments".
"Kudos to our sister, the great lady of Bengal, the fiery Mamata di, who needs to be roundly complimented for bringing together leaders from all corners of the country on the same stage,” he said.
DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday said the upcoming general elections will be akin to the second freedom struggle for people of India to fight against the "radical Hinduism" of the BJP.
Addressing the rally, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the oppositon will work together to bring a new dawn for the country. Mamata, taking a swipe at the BJP government, said that the credibility of CBI has been destroyed as people listened to her in rapt attention.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will not share the stage with Opposition leaders at the big anti-BJP show.
Posters asking the 'BJP to leave Bengal' were seen put up in and around Amit Shah's rally venue at Mayo Road.
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