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Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) appealed to each absorption parties successful West Bengal to travel unneurotic to signifier a "joint platform" to combat the BJP which came to powerfulness successful the authorities aft the precocious held assembly elections.
The erstwhile main curate besides called upon the pupil unions of assorted affiliations opposed to the BJP and the NGOs to unite against the saffron camp.
Her statements came connected a time erstwhile the BJP's archetypal authorities successful the State was sworn in.
"I telephone upon each absorption parties, including the Leftists and the ultra-Left, to travel unneurotic to signifier a associated level against the BJP," Ms. Banerjee said, besides calling upon nationalist parties to join.
The TMC main said that she volition speech with immoderate governmental enactment if they privation to clasp a dialog with her successful this regard.
"It is not the clip to deliberation the enemy's force is my friend, our archetypal force is the BJP," she said, portion addressing a tiny gathering successful beforehand of her Kalighat residence, portion observing writer Rabindranath Tagore's commencement anniversary.
She claimed that atrocities were being committed against TMC workers and supporters crossed the State pursuing the declaration of the Assembly predetermination results.
Ms. Banerjee said, "Hooliganism is going connected astatine places, atrocious elements person entered their (BJP) ranks." The erstwhile CM claimed that she did not let atrocities against anyone aft coming to powerfulness successful 2011.
The BJP stormed into powerfulness successful West Bengal, winning 207 seats successful the 294-member Assembly to signifier its archetypal authorities successful the state, portion the TMC secured 80 seats.
Stating that leaders of each absorption parties contacted her aft the Bengal canvass results were declared, Ms. Banerjee said: "Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to me."
Expressing gratitude to each of them, she said that different leaders similar Shiv Sena UBT main Uddhav Thackeray and RJD's Tejaswi Yadav sent messages to her, portion SP person Akhilesh Yadav came to Kolkata and met her pursuing the results.
Ms. Banerjee said that Congress leaders and advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and TMC Rajya Sabha MP Menaka Guruswamy, who represented the TMC authorities successful assorted matters earlier the Supreme Court arsenic good successful the Calcutta High Court, spoke to her implicit the telephone to explicit their solidarity.
"I americium besides a elder advocator enrolled successful the Calcutta High Court Bar Association and the Bar Council of West Bengal," she said.
Ms. Banerjee said that the TMC is starting its caller travel connected Tagore's commencement anniversary.
The Mamata Banerjee-led enactment volition beryllium the main absorption successful the West Bengal assembly aft remaining successful powerfulness for 15 years since 2011.
Claiming that atrocities were being brought down connected TMC workers and supporters crossed the state, Banerjee said, "hooliganism is going connected astatine places, atrocious elements person entered." The erstwhile main curate claimed that she had not allowed atrocities against anyone aft coming to powerfulness successful 2011.
"They (BJP) person withdrawn information allotted to america from the time they won," Banerjee said.
"I don't privation anyone's sympathy due to the fact that it is we who person won the battle; it volition beryllium proved successful the aboriginal that we were wrongfully defeated," she said.
Alleging that astir of the TMC workers and leaders were facing threats astatine the hands of the BJP, Banerjee claimed that enactment MP Mahua Moitra was heckled portion boarding a level for Delhi from Kolkata.
Banerjee alleged that immoderate goons created occupation successful beforehand of the residences of her and TMC nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee who is besides her nephew.
