TMC, Congress and Left Have Ganged Up on the BJP in Tripura’: Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Varma
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a fight on its hands in Tripura with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) making every effort to gain a foothold there ahead of the 2023 assembly elections. Speaking exclusively to News18, state deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Varma, though, termed the TMC an “Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram party” (where leaders constantly change allegiance), and alleged that Trinamool, the Left and Congress had “ganged up” under a secret understanding to defeat the BJP. However, he said that they will never succeed and the BJP will come to power with a thumping majority once again in Tripura. Edited excerpts:
The TMC is a party with no ideology. They don’t have any roots in Tripura. They have not gone to the people at all in Tripura. People don’t know them here. They are coming from Bengal and making a lot of noise to get some attention but the people of Tripura are not fools. They know it’s only the BJP that can bring development in the state and no one else. Already, we have done a lot of development work in Tripura and people don’t want to see any kind of hurdle from anyone before the progress of our state. It’s a very noisy party. They are trying to storm into Tripura, which the people are not liking here.
They are trying to storm Tripura forcibly. It is not that easy to mislead the people in my state. Our people worked very hard for the welfare of Tripura. We have reached out to the people in every nook and corner of the state and never delayed when it comes to providing aid or assistance. The BJP is a disciplined party and a party with a strong ideology. On the other side, there is a party called TMC, which has no ideology and no roadmap for the people of Bengal. Now my question is what are they going to offer the people of Tripura when they don’t have any roadmap for their own state (West Bengal) and its people?
It is true that they all ganged up on the BJP and the reason behind this is they can’t do anything alone because they are not strong enough to take on the BJP in Tripura. They don’t have the strength on their own. People have rejected the CPI (M) and Congress and, therefore, they have brought the TMC here to create trouble to serve their political interests. In the upcoming municipal elections (on November 25), you will find the CPI (M) has not fielded candidates in most of the seats where the TMC is in the contest. The same goes with the Congress also. They have an understanding over seat adjustment. They are desperately trying to remove the BJP so that all three of them can share the booty. But they are not going to succeed in their game plan because the people here are with us. We are there in every booth to help the people. The TMC, Congress and CPI (M) leaders are daydreaming about getting a strong presence in Tripura.