(Aditya Shaw, Intern Journalist): Following the resignation of influential Trinamool Congress leader Shubhendu Adhikari from the state cabinet in West Bengal, another minister, Rajiv Banerjee, sounded the alarm bells for the ruling party, accusing those with close ties to leadership while hardworking activists Are being sidelined. The minister’s statement for the Trinamool Congress, facing a tough challenge from the BJP in the proposed state assembly elections in April-May next year, is not going to go down.
Indicating to welcome Rajiv Banerjee to the BJP, the party’s state unit president Dilip Ghosh said, “If he wants to work with dignity, he should come out of the party.” “A political platform can be used to help many people, but some people are using it to achieve their personal goals,” state forest minister Banerjee said at an event here on Saturday.
He claimed that there are few people in politics nowadays who think of enjoying power, and serving people is not their goal. He said, ‘It makes me sad that people who are working in the public interest and are capable and hardworking are not getting due importance, whereas those who are sitting in air-conditioned rooms and think that fooling the public Can go, they are getting importance just because people who matter to them keep them happy. ‘
TMC said – Our government does not sit in AC rooms
Reacting to Rajiv Banerjee’s statement, Trinamool Congress general secretary Partha Chatterjee said, “Our government does not sit in air-conditioned rooms, our government reaches the doors of people’s homes to provide services.” Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee said that if anyone wants to go, he can do so. He said, ‘There is only one tree, Mamta Banerjee if anyone wants to leave her shadow, she is free to go.’
‘Mamta Banerjee keeps an eye on everything’
However, State Urban Development Minister Farhad Hakim said that Rajiv Banerjee is a good person and has worked hard as a minister of the forest department. He said about the allegations of the state forest minister, ‘Mamta Banerjee keeps an eye on everything.’ BJP’s West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh said that Rajiv Banerjee is a good minister and no one has any grievance against him. Significantly, Shubhendu Adhikari recently resigned from the state cabinet after differences with the Trinamool Congress leadership.