New Delhi: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday has called the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to 'zero', in terms of politics and asserted that she becomes a 'hero' when it comes to 'quarrel'. He asserted that the chief minister had entered the politics from the Nandigram constituency and the same seat will be her 'exit gate' when the polls result will be announced on May 2.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, he said that the Mamata led-Trinamool Congress has failed to fulfil the promises that she made during the 2016 assembly elections and now she has been alleging the centre for 'no reasons'.
When asked about the effect of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 in the state, he said the bill was passed to provide justice to the citizens who are persecuted on the basis of religion. So, it will act positively for the party in the ongoing polls.
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The leader further maintained that the TMC is always alleging that the saffron party has been assigning all the star campaigners to the Nandigram constituency, then it is not the fault of BJP that they (TMC) does not have any campaigners who can effectively communicate with the citizens.
Meanwhile, the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections concluded with an estimated 79.79 per cent voter turnout on Saturday. The polling for 31 seats in the third phase of the 294-member state assembly will be held on April 6.
The elections for 44 seats will be held in the fourth phase on April 10. Further, in the fifth phase on April 17, 45 seats will go to the polls. The sixth phase is scheduled for April 22 when elections for 43 seats will be done. In the seventh phase on April 26, polling will be held for 36 seats.
Finally, the eighth phase is scheduled for April 29 when 35 seats will go for polling.
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