With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said “arrogance and political vendetta have been defeated today” and that BJP’s “balloon has burst”.
“Never disrespect people in a democracy. Arrogance and political vendetta have been defeated today. People have the final word in a democracy. What an audacity ? There is a (Bengali) proverb that unchecked rise of anything leads to its downfall,” Banerjee said.
“In politics there should not be political vengeance and character assassination and insulting the people”, the Trinamool Congress supremo said.
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Banerjee is strongly critical of various policies of the Modi government and had earlier accused the BJP of political vendetta against her party over the CBI probe into Saradha scam.
Hailing AAP’s victory, Banerjee who is speaking at a state government function on welfare projects said, “This is a victory for formation of government of the people, by the people and for the people. Loser is always a loser and winner is a winner.”
Earlier in the day she had tweeted that the Delhi Assembly polls were a “turning point” in the present political situation which showed that political vendetta had no place in democracy.
Check out tweet posted by PM Narendra Modi:
Spoke to @ArvindKejriwal & congratulated him on the win. Assured him Centre’s complete support in the development of Delhi.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 10, 2015
Arrogance and political vendetta defeated today: Mamata
Party Spokesman Derek O’Brien said besides congratulating AAP for its landslide victory in Delhi polls on Twitter, she has sent a SMS to Kejriwal congratulating him.
Speaking at the programme in Rampurhat, Banerjee said, “We will not allow politics of riot in this state and the people who play with fire in politics, my message to them is to stop such games.”
Pointing out that there should be religious unity and acceptability, Banerjee said, “We will take action against politics of religion and religious conversions.”
“I have inherited a Hindu name but I believe in religious harmony,” she said, adding, “We have to work for people. This is our motto, philosophy and slogan.”
Referring to her frequent district tours to monitor the progress of the developmental works undertaken by her government, she said, “I visit the grassroot people everywhere to provide them with all the support and facilities”.
“We must never forget the grassroot people, politics is for the welfare of the people and not for showing arrogance”, she said.
“I believe that people of our soil are our souls,” she said while outlining the various welfare projects taken up by her government.
“We cannot fool people. We are here to work for them. I have had a life of struggle. I will always be by the side of people,” the chief minister said.
In order to work for the people, one has to mix with them, she said, adding, “I cannot divide and treat people based on their caste, creed or religion.”