In another incident adding chagrin to the BJP, in the run-up to the West Bengal election this year, the people whom the party tried to influence went to the TMC. The Bengal election would be the first major state election in India this year, with the population looking forward to the vaccines against the Covid19.

The farmers from whose house BJP national president JP Nadda collected rice during his visit to Burdwan on Saturday turned up at the TMC party office, after which TMC leaders claimed that, they (the farmers) were supporters of the ruling party in West Bengal. This development comes when the electoral fight in West Bengal is set between three sides, TMC, BJP, and the Congress-Left alliance.

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Nadda had collected rice from the houses of five farmers-Nitai Mandal, Panchkari Mandal, Sanat Mandal, Uttam Mandal, and Mathura Mandal. They are residents of Musthuli village in East Burdwan district.

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The five farmers were seen at the office of TMC MLA Rabindranath Chattopadhyay in Katwa. “These five families are TMC supporters for a long time. We will never give them money and ask them to work for our party. But J P Nadda went to their houses to seek votes. Today, they have come here to show their support for us and we are happy for that,” claimed Chattopadhyay. A reaction from the BJP was not available. This shows the extent of failure & desparation of the BJP to get into the minds of the local population in West Bengal.

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Last month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Bolpur and had lunch at Baul singer Basudeb Das’s residence. The singer was later caught in a political tug-of-war between TMC and BJP. The Baul singer had visited TMC leader Anubrat Mandal’s office and pledged his support to the ruling party. The Baul singer complained that Shah “did not speak to him” and thanked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the welfare schemes implemented by the TMC government.

Mamata blames BJP for an impending food crisis in India

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the country is staring at a food crisis and famine because of the “adamant” approach of the BJP to the continued agitation by farmers for withdrawal of the three new farm laws. She also called the BJP a “junk” party for inducting “rotten” leaders from other political outfits.

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Reaffirming her opposition to the NRC, CAA, and NPR, Banerjee, while reaching out to the Nadia district’s Matua population, said that all refugees will be granted land rights, and no one can banish them from the country.