West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may dissolve the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and call for fresh elections as she is on the back foot with the All-India Trinamool Congress government being embroiled in a number controversies, wondered Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra here on Thursday.
He was addressing the gathering here on Thursday organised by the Kolkata district Left Front against the alleged corruption in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
“Ms. Banerjee may suddenly declare that she and her ministers are resigning and Assembly elections will be held afresh,” said Dr. Mishra pointing out that the AITC is struggling to cope with the allegation of its leaders’ involvement in the Saradha Ponzi scheme scam.
Suspended AITC MP Kunal Ghosh and Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Basu are currently in jail for their alleged involvement in the Saradha scam.
Dr. Mishra’s urged Left Front workers to make most of the current situation when the AITC is on the back foot.
Dr. Mishra, also a Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist sounded a note of caution to Left Front workers against failing to utilise this opportunity.
“This is the right time to engage in struggle. If you fail to capitalise on the opportunity, you will not get another chance. The fight to oust the Trinamool from government has to start now,” he said. Dr. Mishra’s comment comes in the backdrop of the upcoming KMC polls that is likely to be held in the middle of the nest year and the AITC is desperately trying to prevent BJP from becoming a major political force in Bengal. The Left Front, however, is trying to arrest its political decline.
Dr. Mishra urged the Left Front workers to reach out to the masses without ant fear or intimidation and assured them that the Front leadership are always by their side in both outside and inside the State Assembly. “The fight is not just about the KMC polls, it is to oust the AITC from Bengal. We will continue our struggle both inside and outside the State Assembly,” said Dr. Mishra.
On the question of refunding the money of duped investors who lost their savings in the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scheme scam, Dr. Mishra said both Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are answerable to the people in this regard.