Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said by announcing 42 candidates from West Bengal for the Lok Sabha election 2024, Mamata Banerjee proved that no political leader or party should trust her. Adhir said the list sends a message to the Prime Minister’s Office that she is not with the INDIA bloc. The statement came after the Trinamool on Sunday announced 42 names for all 42 seats in West Bengal. In Adhir’s Baharampur constituency, Trinamool announced the name of ex-cricketer Yusuf Pathan. “If Mamata Banerjee or Trinamool wanted to honour Yusuf Pathan, they could have sent him to the Rajya Sabha, or could have asked for a seat in Gujarat for Yusuf Pathan,” Adhir said.
“Mamata Banerjee is scared that if she stands with the INDIA bloc, PM Modi will send ED and CBI to each door. So now she has sent a message to the PMO that ‘don’t be unhappy with me, I am not standing with the alliance against the BJP’,” Adhir Ranjan said.