Less than a week after changing sides to the ruling Trinamool Congress, BJP Asansol MP Babul Supriyo hits out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time.
Babul said that the Prime Minister doesn’t ‘have faith’ in Bengalis.
“In my seven-eight years stay in BJP I got to know that the PM doesn’t have faith in Bengalis. Forget cabinet ministers, no leaders from Bengal were even made independent ministers. SS Ahluwalia came from Congress and is a senior leader even though he was not offered any ministry,” claimed the singer-turned-politician.
Babul notably visited New Delhi to resign from his MP post but he was not given time to meet Speaker Om Birla, because of which he couldn’t resign from the post.
After having vacated his government-allotted residence in Delhi as Babul had announced earlier, Babul was seen relocating to West Bengal. Babul also claimed that he will work for West Bengal under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s leadership.
It can be recalled that during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Asansol urged people to vote for Babul so that he can be a part of Parliament.
“Mujhe Parliament mein Babul Chahiye (I want Babul in Parliament),” Modi was heard saying.
West Bengal BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya meanwhile slammed Babul, saying that whatever the latter does he does it for ‘short span of time’.
BJP MP Arjun Singh calling Babul a ‘traitor’ said that BJP has given Babul ‘immense respect’.
“People of West Bengal have seen what respect and love Babul got from the BJP. Only traitors like him can claim that Bengalis are not respected. BJP is not a private limited company so the party decides what will happen,” said Arjun.
