TMC MLAs not in mafia gangs welcome in BJP: Kailash Vijayvargiya

To understand more about the situation on the ground and how the saffron party aims to ensure a sweeping victory in it, ETV Bharat's senior reporter Anamika Ratna spoke to BJP's special Bengal in-charge and national general secretary, Kailash Vijayvargiya.

New Delhi:Ahead of the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the number of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) members defecting to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) keeps increasing. As the political parties prepare for the polls, the leaders from both the parties have been involved in a heated exchange of words.

To understand more about the situation on the ground and how the saffron party aims to ensure a sweeping victory in it, ETV Bharat's senior reporter Anamika Ratna spoke to BJP's special Bengal in-charge and national general secretary, Kailash Vijayvargiya.

Q:The fight between the TMC and the BJP continues in Bengal with accusations being levelled against each other every day and people continue to defect from TMC. How many more people will come?

A: There is a lot of dissatisfaction against Mamata ji in TMC due to which many people want to leave and join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Those who do not want to join her and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee's mafia group, they want to join us.

Since there are a lot of mafia groups working there like the coal mafia, Goru mafia, which is called the cow smuggling mafia, the fake currency mafia, a lot of TMC's MLAs have gotten involved in it.

As far as the question about coming to the BJP is concerned, we will take only such people in its party who believe in the leadership of Modi ji and who want to work for the development of Bengal as we have to fulfil the dream of the Prime Minister together. Anyone who wants to support us in fulfilling it will be welcomed in the party.

Q:BJPis claiming that more TMC MLAs are in contact with them. But now the question is whether the saffron party members feel the induction of TMC members into BJP is making a lot of outsiders come in.

A: There is no such thing, collective decisions are taken in our party only after sitting with all the people and discussing. There is no discomfort between our leaders of any kind. Whenever someone is joining, workers from the bottom to the top tier are consulted.

Q: BJP has been accusing the West Bengal ruling party TMC of sponsoring violence for a long time. Despite that, a number of more cases have come up in West Bengal. Do you think that with the coming of the elections, the incidents of violence may increase further?

A: As people show more and more support to us, Mamata ji is going crazy with frustration. She asks her cadre to indulge in violent activities.

Q:The Bharatiya Janata Party recently launched 'Ek Mutthi Chawal Sangrah' programs that are becoming very popular in rural areas. Is it an attempt to strengthen the vote bank?

A:I would like to say here that this program is not a question of a vote bank, the question here is of commitment to our farmers, we have a commitment to solving their problems and we want to convince them that we are with the farmers and through this program, we are trying to create trust.

Modi Ji's government is sending money to farmers through the Kisan Samman Nidhi, but unfortunately, this money is not reaching the farmers in Bengal and the rest of the schemes which are available to the farmers are not reaching them, hence when our government comes in Bengal, we will give benefits of all these schemes to the farmers.

Q:The politics of allegations and counter-allegations between the BJP and TMC has been going on since the beginning. Did the BJP start preparing for Bengal long back and will big leaders be seen in Bengal?

A:Many programs of our National President JP Nadda Ji and Home Minister Amit Shah will be seen in Bengal. Apart from this, the party is preparing many programs till the elections, including the Parivartan Yatra.

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Q: Is BJP confident of forming a government with an absolute majority there?

A:We believe that the Bharatiya Janata Party is going to form an absolute majority government in Bengal.