Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that it won't get single-party majority in the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, as the saffron camp will be swept away from power at the Centre. Speaking at a massive TMC rally here, Banerjee said the next general election will be held on the mantra of "vote for rejection of BJP".
"The BJP will be swept away from power by the people's mandate in 2024. They will be defeated. I can certainly say that the BJP will not get single-party majority, and once that happens, others will unite to form the next government," she said. Break BJP's prison, break its shackles; we have to bring in a people's government in 2024, the feisty Trinamool Congress boss said at the Martyrs' Day rally amid thunderous applause.
She also criticised the BJP for trying to stifle the opposition by using central agencies and institutions, contending that those who had no role in the Independence struggle are now trying to rewrite the country's history. Banerjee slammed the Union government over the increase in GST rates on pre-packed and labelled food items such as cereals, pulses and flour weighing less than 25 kg, terming it as "anti-people".