'TMC will win West Bengal elections easily; BJP's only allies are ED & CBI': Sougata Roy

Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sougata Roy on Monday said that the party is preparing in "every possible way". Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the TMC MP said, "BJP is trying to bring outsiders to put pressure." By outsiders, Sougata Roy pointed towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 

TMC on upcoming Bengal Polls

Exuding confidence over TMC's victory in the upcoming polls, Roy said, "We will win a comfortable majority and BJP will not touch 3 figures."

Stating that the saffron party is left with no allies, Roy said that BJP's only ally is ED, CBI and they are trying to use them in every possible way. However, TMC is not going to be threatened by him, he added. His remarks came on the back of the CBI issuing summons to Abhishek Banerjee's wife in the coal smuggling case.

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UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Bengal polls

Earlier on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya while attending a public meeting in the state said that all thugs of the state will be behind bars if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power. Asking people to write down the names of the thugs, UP Deputy CM said that he sees much more enthusiasm among the people of West Bengal than there was in Uttar Pradesh in 2017. 

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Sounding condifent over BJP's performance in the upcoming Assembly polls, Keshav Prasad Maurya said, "The lotus will bloom in West Bengal. The BJP government is about to be formed and the TMC is about to leave."

While informing that he has been talking to the party workers and common people, Maurya asked the people to name thugs, criminals or any official or employee who supports the bad deads of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). Asserting that all these people will be accounted for when the BJP government comes in power, he urged the people of the state to put their trust in the saffron party. "Today thugs, criminals associated with Samajwadi Party fled from Uttar Pradesh. On that day when BJP Govt will be formed in West Bengal either thugs, criminals will be behind the bar or will be escaped from West Bengal, he added. 

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West Bengal polls

Meanwhile, the BJP has claimed it will win 200 seats in the elections, while the TMC, via poll strategist Prashant Kishor, has contended that the saffron party won't cross 99. West Bengal assembly with 294 seats will go to polls in April-May 2021, Trinamool holds 222 seats. BJP has made major inroads in the state in the Lok Sabha elections winning 18 seats and establishing itself as the major opposition force in the state. Mamata Banerjee has announced that she will contest polls from Nandigram, the place that paved way for her rule in the state, and her ex-aide Suvendu Adhikari - who is now in BJP - has vowed to defeat her. 

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