BJP Reacts to Arvinder Lovely’s Resignation, Highlights AAP’s Alleged Sonia Gandhi Arrest Promise

AAP has “completely obliterated the existence” of the Mallikarjun Kharge-led Delhi Congress party, the BJP said on Sunday in response to the shocking resignation of Delhi Congress head Arvinder Singh Lovely during the Lok Sabha polls due to the party’s alliance with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla brought attention to the purported inconsistencies in the AAP-Congress coalition in Delhi, reminding Arvind Kejriwal’s party of its pledge to detain Sonia Gandhi and the late former chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit. “The Congress party is rife with contradiction, confusion, and conflict; it lacks any kind of aim or vision. We’ve observed how this has been going, particularly in Delhi. Congress party workers were seen in the streets of Delhi demonstrating against the issuance of tickets to individuals with no connection to the city, such as Kanhaiya Kumar, who had insulted the armed forces and referred to the Naxalites as martyrs.

According to Lovely, local officials were opposed to the merger with the AAP because the latter was founded following the leveling of false accusations of corruption against the Congress, which at the time held power in both the Central and Delhi regions. The Delhi Congress unit opposed forming an agreement with a party that was founded only to accuse the Congress of being involved in contrived, fictitious, and malicious corruption. Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned, saying that “the party decided to ally with the AAP in Delhi despite that.” According to Poonawalla, the two parties only joined together for political purposes. He added that the hypocrisy of the party was the reason the leaders were quitting.

“The AAP utterly destroyed the Congress party’s reputation in Delhi by threatening to imprison Sonia Gandhi and Sheila Dikshit. The AAP’s role in the booze scam was a point of contention for the Congress. However, just because they have united for political purposes does not guarantee that the electorate will follow suit. Because its leaders are exposing Congress’s duplicity, Congress is currently unable to retain its leaders,” he stated. Arvinder Singh Lovely, who took over as head of the Delhi Congress unit in August 2023, stated that the AICC General Secretary (Delhi In-Charge) opposed a number of his choices. He also mentioned that all of the AAP’s key leaders were incarcerated. The remarks made by Kanhaiya Kumar, the contender for North-East Delhi, endearing the AAP’s leadership were deemed “ill-thought and factually incorrect” by Arvinder Singh Lovely.

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“Such ill-considered and factually incorrect statements have not gone down well with the local party unit since the local party workers had an innate understanding that the alliance was a compromise—made to increase the party’s chances of victory as part of the National Alliance—rather than being done in appreciation of AAP’s false propaganda of Delhi’s development,” he continued. AAP formation occurred in 2012, following a statewide protest led by Arvind Kejriwal and his allies against the Congress government at the federal level over their demands for the appointment of Lokpal, an anti-corruption ombudsman. The AAP overthrew the Congress administration in 2013 following a 49-day partnership with the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee Health Concerns: Video Shows Slip and Fall While Boarding Helicopter in Durgapur

Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, fell and fainted Saturday after boarding a helicopter in Durgapur. According to the story, the chief minister was supported by her security officers. She continued on to Asansol, where she addressed an election rally. On March 14, the 69-year-old Trinamool Congress supremo collapsed inside her Kalighat bungalow in Kolkata, injuring her forehead and nose. She needed to be admitted to the hospital for a few hours.

Banerjee’s brother, Kartik Banerjee, informed a Bengali news channel that the TMC leader had a brain concussion and had a deep gash on her forehead and nose that was bleeding heavily. The hospital director, Manimoy Bandyopadhyay, first said that Banerjee experienced “a fall within the vicinity of her home due to some push from behind.” This statement prompted widespread uncertainty and conjecture about the cause of Mamata Banerjee’s downfall.

Bandyopadhyay later explained that he just meant that the CM may have felt “a sensation of push.” “This is the impression of being pushed from behind that led to CM Banerjee’s downfall. We must treat, and we have accomplished that. Bandyopadhyay stated that what he said yesterday evening was misinterpreted. At the time, top BJP politician Suvendu Adhikari sparked outrage by allegedly mocking Banerjee’s injuries.

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Addressing a rally in Khejuri, West Bengal, Adhikari stated, without identifying anyone, that “TMC’s pressure has gone down and is falling.” The TMC’s decline has only just begun at the top; it will spread to the grassroots.” The ruling TMC condemned his statements, saying they represent the BJP’s anti-women ideology “Such statements against the country’s sole woman chief minister reflect the BJP’s anti-women ideology.” We condemn such remarks and demand an apology,” West Bengal Women and Child Development Minister Shashi Panja stated.

BJP Leader Calls for Mamata’s Arrest, TMC Terror Label After CBI Sandeshkhali Searches

West Bengal opposition leader and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal government on Friday after several arms and ammunition, including foreign-made revolvers, were discovered at the home of suspended party leader Sheikh Shahjahan in Sandeshkhali, demanding that the ruling party be declared a ‘terrorist outfit’. The Bengal Assembly leader of the opposition went on to say that such weapons and explosives are being utilized in anti-national actions and that the party supremo has lost the moral authority to remain as the state’s chief minister after supporting terrorists such as Sheikh.

“All the weapons discovered in Sandeshkhali are foreign. Explosives like RDX are employed in horrendous anti-national acts. International terrorists employ all of these weapons. I urge that the Trinamool Congress be declared a terrorist group. This is a utopian state. People who saw the teaser for the tragedy in Khadikul, Egra, saw the movie today when RDX and lethal weapons were recovered in Sandeshkhali. Mamata Banerjee accepts full responsibility for this occurrence. “I demand that Mamata Banerjee be arrested and that the Trinamool Congress be declared a terrorist organization,” Adhikari said.

What the CBI found

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches on Friday at two properties owned by Sheikh Shahjahan, the primary accused in the Sandeshkhali incident, in connection with a January attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team by a crowd reportedly led by the now-suspended leader. “The CBI seized three foreign-made revolvers, one foreign-made pistol, one Indian revolver, one Colt official-issue police revolver, one country-made pistol, 120 nine-mm bullets, and 50 cartridges.45 caliber, 50 cartridges of.380 caliber, and eight cartridges of.32 caliber,” according to a press release issued by the agency

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TMC’s reaction

However, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh questioned the CBI finding. Before the CBI proclaimed possession, he alleged that the opposition was conspiring to plant ammunition on the grounds. “We haven’t seen any guns yet. The CBI has not provided any official briefings. Our competitors or political parties have likely hidden weapons,” he stated, hours before the formal CBI announcement. “There are attempts from Delhi to sway votes and keep the Sandeshkhali pot boiling. Dramas are currently being staged.” The police should be alert,” he wrote in a post on X, mocking the ruling BJP without mentioning it.