Abhishek Banerjee wanted to draw a sharp line between the two groups of the Trinamool, handing the rebel camp a sharp blow for asserting itself to be the ‘real’ faction.
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Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was all in his spirits after the massive turnout of the July 21 rally, so much so that he indirectly stopped short of using the common Bengali slur ‘BC’ for the rebel Ritabrata Banerjeee camp.
“Those who have sided with the pillow-licking group to save themselves, please don’t call them Trinamool. They are pillow-lickers. It will suffice if you just call them BC. There are many meanings for BC. I am not elaborating on this. BC stands for Balish Chata (pillow lickers),” Banerjee said at the Kalighat Trinamool May 21 rally near Birla Planetarium in Kolkata.
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Banerjee wanted to draw a sharp line between the two groups of the Trinamool, handing the rebel camp a sharp blow for asserting itself to be the ‘real’ faction. He was also alluding to a controversial video featuring Ritabrata, which had a reference to pillow.
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The Diamond Harbour MP who is also regarderd as the TMC’s second-in-command mentioned the massive turnout at its rally saying that the real strength behind its party lies in its workers.
Banerjee even hit out at the Ritabrata camp over its thin crowd at the latter’s Martyr’s Day event saying that even a JCB or bulldozer machine at work at a village draws far more crowd than the number of people who have turned up on Tuesday at the rally.
“Today’s programme is a living proof that there is no alternative to TMC workers. Those who used to claim themselves to be Trinamool, just go and look at their programme at Mayo Road. Even a JCB at work in a village is able to draw more crowds than how many people assembled today at their event,” he said.
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