Challenge BJP to cross even 200 seats, says Mamata

Krishnanagar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday addressed a massive rally in Krishnanagar area where she took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and NDA’s target of winning 400-plus seats in the Lok Sabha polls. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo challenged the saffron party to win at least 200 constituencies.

“The BJP is saying ‘400 paar’, I challenge them to cross the 200-seat benchmark first. In the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls, they aimed for 200 plus seats but had to stop at 77. Some of these 77 have since joined us,” she said while campaigning for TMC candidate Mahua Moitra.

The TMC chief also reaffirmed her refusal to allow the enforcement of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state and cautioned the people that applying for CAA would turn an applicant into a foreigner and urged them not to apply for it.