CBI ED other agencies biggest allies of BJP-led central govt Shatrughan Sinha
Kolkata Mar 22 PTI Former BJP leader and Union minister Shatrughan Sinha who is contesting on a TMC ticket for the by-election to Asansol Lok Sabha constituency feels agencies such as CBI and ED are the biggest allies of the BJP-led central government which is authoritarian in natureThe actor-turned-politician who had left the saffron camp to join the Congress after an association with the BJP spanning decades said he has nothing personal against Prime Minister Narendra Modi but political differences are unlikely to be resolved in the near futurePopularly called Shotgun by fans for his straightforward dialogue deliveries and speeches Sinha refrained from replying directly on the reasons behind leaving the Congress contending Sometimes in order to move to the right direction you have to take a new direction Sinha also dismissed the outsider tag being attached to him by rivals asserting that he was no less a Bengali than any other BengaliWithout realising what political opportunism is they the BJP are levelling such allegations I find it is no longer the party built by the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has turned into an authoritarian outfit It makes use of the CBI ED and the Income Tax Department on its political opponents to settle scoresThe BJP no longer has allies as most of them have left the NDA So these central agencies are its biggest allies more loyal than the King Sinha told PTI in an interview Thanking Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving him an opportunity to serve the masses he said I have nothing personal against PM Modi The differences are purely political Had we been able to resolve political differences I would not be here with TMC today I can now say thus far and no further he saidSounding critical of the Congress with which he had a three-year stint Sinha said a lot of promises made at the time of his induction were not fulfilledAfter quitting the BJP Sinha who had served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance NDA government joined the Congress and unsuccessfully fought from his native Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in 2019The Congress is going through a crisis phase and I think it is not the appropriate time to put salt into their wounds I dont want to create further confusion and contradiction Sometimes to move in the right direction you have to take a new direction he said Asked about the outsider-insider narrative of the TMC in the 2021 assembly polls Sinha said the description was used as the BJP behaved like the East India Company which just wanted to conquer BengalThe BJP and its leaders acted as if they had come to invade Bengal just like the British East India Company did once upon a time That is why they were branded as invaders and outsiders he saidThe 76-year-old former Union minister also called upon the opposition to join hands to form a front and defeat the BJPI think Mamata Banerjee is best suited to lead such a front he saidSinha is pitted against BJPs Agnimitra Paul in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency scheduled to go to polls on April 12 Votes will be counted on April 16 PTI PNT RBT RBT
Kolkata Mar 22 PTI Former BJP leader and Union minister Shatrughan Sinha who is contesting on a TMC ticket for the by-election to Asansol Lok Sabha constituency feels agencies such as CBI and ED are the biggest allies of the BJP-led central government which is authoritarian in natureThe actor-turned-politician who had left the saffron camp to join the Congress after an association with the BJP spanning decades said he has nothing personal against Prime Minister Narendra Modi but political differences are unlikely to be resolved in the near futurePopularly called Shotgun by fans for his straightforward dialogue deliveries and speeches Sinha refrained from replying directly on the reasons behind leaving the Congress contending Sometimes in order to move to the right direction you have to take a new direction Sinha also dismissed the outsider tag being attached to him by rivals asserting that he was no less a Bengali than any other BengaliWithout realising what political opportunism is they the BJP are levelling such allegations I find it is no longer the party built by the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has turned into an authoritarian outfit It makes use of the CBI ED and the Income Tax Department on its political opponents to settle scoresThe BJP no longer has allies as most of them have left the NDA So these central agencies are its biggest allies more loyal than the King Sinha told PTI in an interview Thanking Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving him an opportunity to serve the masses he said I have nothing personal against PM Modi The differences are purely political Had we been able to resolve political differences I would not be here with TMC today I can now say thus far and no further he saidSounding critical of the Congress with which he had a three-year stint Sinha said a lot of promises made at the time of his induction were not fulfilledAfter quitting the BJP Sinha who had served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance NDA government joined the Congress and unsuccessfully fought from his native Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in 2019The Congress is going through a crisis phase and I think it is not the appropriate time to put salt into their wounds I dont want to create further confusion and contradiction Sometimes to move in the right direction you have to take a new direction he said Asked about the outsider-insider narrative of the TMC in the 2021 assembly polls Sinha said the description was used as the BJP behaved like the East India Company which just wanted to conquer BengalThe BJP and its leaders acted as if they had come to invade Bengal just like the British East India Company did once upon a time That is why they were branded as invaders and outsiders he saidThe 76-year-old former Union minister also called upon the opposition to join hands to form a front and defeat the BJPI think Mamata Banerjee is best suited to lead such a front he saidSinha is pitted against BJPs Agnimitra Paul in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency scheduled to go to polls on April 12 Votes will be counted on April 16 PTI PNT RBT RBT
