BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty
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Calcutta: Veteran actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty on Wednesday claimed that more than three dozen Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators are in touch with the saffron party.
While speaking to the media, he first asked, “Do you want to hear breaking news?”
“Right now, 38 TMC MLAs have very good relations with us, of which 21 are in direct (contact with us),” Chakraborty claimed.
#WATCH | West Bengal: Want to hear breaking news? At this moment, 38 TMC MPs have very good relations with… t.co/HTBOWA43OR
— ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2022But it should be noted that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has 220 MLAs in the 294-seat Assembly in West Bengal, while the BJP has only 70 legislators. The majority mark in the State Assembly is 148.
Today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the central government of trying to defame the TMC government in the state.
Addressing a meeting in Kolkata, he said, “They (BJP) have no job, their job is to take over state governments through 3-4 agencies. They have taken Maharashtra, now Jharkhand, but Bengal has defeated”.
“It is not easy to break Bengal as you have to fight the Royal Bengal Tiger first,” he claimed.
The TMC government is under fire for the recent arrest of its minister and senior leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with a school recruitment scam.
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