Now the West Bengal CM, who played an important role in bringing the opposition parties together, softened her stand on the NDA candidate.
Now the West Bengal CM, who played an important role in bringing the opposition parties together, softened her stand on the NDA candidate.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu arrives in Kolkata Evening of 11th July.
M / s. Murmu The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to meet MPs in West Bengal. But political observers will be keenly watching how the Trinamool Congress leadership reacts to the NDA’s presidential candidate.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee softened her stand on the NDA candidate on July 1, saying that if she had known about Ms. Murmu’s candidature earlier, things would have been different.
“If we had received suggestions that their [BJP’s] The candidate was there, we could have discussed in the all-party meeting…,” he had said. The Trinamool president, who was instrumental in bringing opposition parties together in fielding Yashwant Sinha as their candidate for the presidential election, had also said that Ms Murmu’s chances of winning the election for the highest office in the country More likely.
two factors
Two reasons could have prompted the Chief Minister to make these remarks.
is one support of the tribal population In the state, which had supported the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The second is the fact that Ms Banerjee herself acknowledged saying that “she was biased towards women”. The Chief Minister’s remarks on the NDA’s presidential candidate have also left his party members, especially MLAs and MPs, guessing.
State BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Sukanta Majumdar have written to Trinamool MPs seeking support for Ms. Murmu. However, there has been no formal response from Trinamool on the request.
This is not the first time that Ms Banerjee has changed her stand on the presidential election. Almost 10 years ago, in 2012, the Trinamool President had put all his might to get a second term for APJ Abdul Kalam as the President of India. Later, when the former President refused to contest the election because there was no consensus among all parties, he supported Pranab Mukherjee and hosted a civilian reception on Mr. Mukherjee’s first visit to West Bengal after assuming the office of President of India. Organized.
tribal vote bank
The Scheduled Tribe population in West Bengal is less than 6% according to the 2011 census and the population is located in parts of South Bengal and North Bengal. It is still not clear whether the TMC president’s change in stance was due to the tribal vote bank or some other issue.
it was Ms. Banerjee who called the opposition parties To come together as far as fielding candidates for the presidential election is concerned. He visited the national capital and attended a meeting on June 15 where representatives of 17 opposition parties, including the Congress, decided to field a candidate.
On June 21, instead of the chief minister, his nephew and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee attended a meeting of opposition parties on the same issue. As more and more parties come out in support of the NDA candidate and development in Maharashtra, many feel that the Trinamool President has lost his interest in the presidential election.
With only less than a week left for India’s presidential election, Trinamool Congress sources say opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha may quit campaigning in West Bengal.
“There is a possibility of cross voting by Trinamool MPs and MLAs especially representing tribal areas of West Bengal. This has become clear after the chief minister’s remarks on NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu,” said political observer Biswanath Chakraborty. Chakraborty, a professor who teaches political science at Kolkata’s Rabindra Bharati University, said that as far as the inconsistency in the TMC president’s stance with regard to the opposition candidate for the presidential election, it will affect his image as an opposition leader across all political parties. . Country.