KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Tripura in December, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Sunday while promising to bring Bengal’s schemes to the northeastern state.
If Trinamool is voted to office in Tripura in 2023, the Lakshmir Bhandar monthly income benefit scheme for women, Duare Sarkar and all Bengal government schemes will be implemented there in three months, Abhishek said.
He added TMC will not adopt the “defection model” in Tripura but would “respect the people’s mandate”. Abhishek was addressing a rally near Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan after the Tripura High Court late on Saturday allowed Trinamool to hold the event but capped attendees at 500.
Calling chief minister Biplab Deb “Big Flop Deb” , Abhishek said: “Biplab Deb had tried to shift this venue elsewhere. We will respect this wish. CM Mamata Banerjee will hold a rally at Vivekananda stadium.”
The Tripura government, the Trinamool MP alleged, was inconveniencing people in its attempt to stop him from visiting the state. “The Section 144 imposed earlier, the Covid test norms announced now are all an attempt to stop me. If they have a problem with me, then they can take me on. Why are they putting so many people in trouble,” he said.
Addressing CM Deb, the MP said: “If you think we are CPM or Congress, you are mistaken. I have more tenacity than them. Once people get a chance to vote, they will not allow BJP to rule Tripura.
Abhishek said he would stay in Tripura in the run-up to the 2023 assembly polls. “I got many calls from here. We will not give any free space to BJP,” he added. “Duare goonda (goons on your doorstep) will end, Duare Sarkar (government on your doorstep) will start.”
Bike gangs and goons that were intimidating people had shifted from CPM to BJP, Abhishek continued. “When we come to office, they will come to us too. We will take them in. But I assure you that for the next five years, these same people will be on your doorstep pleading to accompany you to the Duare Sarkar camps,” he said.
At the rally, Abhishek said: “My memories go back to 2016 when I had come here. There were 5,000 people then; today, there are 500. But entire Tripura is watching this today, and I want to assure you that TMC will fight along with you.
