Mamata challenge to BJP, CPM, Cong: Fight us, or apply lipstick & rest

 

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Congress to come together and said her party Trinamul Congress would go it alone and defeat them.
”I challenge them (opposition parties). If they can fight us let them fight. Else apply lipstick and take rest,” a combative Mamata told a huge rally here on the occasion of the Martyr's Day observed annually by her.
”BJP, CPI-M and Congress have no ideology and morality. They have become irrelevant in Bengal. They only resort to spreading canards against us. They have no place in Bengal,” she said.

Throwing a challenge to opposition parties, Mamata said “The more you challenge us, your seats will go down one by one. Let Congress, CPI-M and BJP come together, we will fight alone holding our head high standing beside the people. We will not bow down to anyone. We only want the blessings of the people.
”Assembly election is coming in 2016. We will win. After that election we will organise an even bigger rally which will break all records,” she said.
Claiming that CPI-M had done nothing for the state during its 34-year rule. “Whatever was left of the party (CPI-M) is now over as it has sold itself to BJP. TMC will not bow down to BJP, neither to Congress nor CPI-M.”
In an obvious reference to BJP she said, “Those who don't have ideology and morality spread the poison of communalism.”
Mamata also cautioned her partymen and asked them to remain united and stand beside the masses. “Be prepared now. No other party but only you will be there.”
Making it clear that she would not tolerate any indiscipline which might tarnish TMC's image, Banerjee warned those involved in “syndicate business” (business of supplying raw materials for building construction which often lead to infighting).
”Do your syndicate business, don't do TMC. We want to remain a party of the poor,” she said.
Apparently keeping in mind the recent incidents of violence in campuses of various educational institutions in the state, the TMC chief exhorted the students and youth to respect teachers and elders.
Listing the achievements of her government in the last four years she said it was providing rice at Rs 2 per kg to 3.20 crore people, while another 3 crore people would be given rice at Rs 3 per kg.
She said the Kanyashree scheme for the girl child of her government had drawn applause from across the world.
She also said despite inheriting a whopping Rs 2 lakh crore debt from the previous government, her TMC government had worked in the last four years for which West Bengal had achieved progress.
Source: PTI