Afterwinning Bengal Elections with a thumping majority, Trinamool Congress supremoMamata Banerjee seems to have emerged as a formidable challenge to the Centre'sruling party.
Inan interview to a private channel, Mamata Banerjee, speaking about her bitterly-foughtbattle with the BJP and recording her third successive win in the West BengalAssembly elections, she said that ‘BJP need political oxygen now’.
Shesaid BJP used everything -- money power, muscle power and everything possible-- but the people of Bengal have voted for development. It is the people choiceand they have shown the way. The peopleof Bengal have saved democracy. I congratulate all my mothers and sister andminority brothers and sisters.
Shefurther said that a political party should never show audacity or ego as it’sthe people who decide their representatives and they must not be taken forgranted.
Talkingabout the reports on the post-poll violence in parts of the state, MamataBanerjee accused the BJP of trying to create a disruptive environment in areaswhere they have won.
Shealso said that the oath taking ceremony will be organised in a small way on May5. There will be a huge victory rally at the Brigade, but that will beannounced later once the pandemic subsides.
Makingit obvious that fighting Covid is her priority, the Trinamool supremo vowed towork for the people all through her life.