Votes for BJP will benefit TMC: Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee

West Bengal Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Subrata Mukherjee on Wednesday said Trinamool Congress will be benefitted if BJP bagged a share of opposition votes in the coming polls in the state.

If BJP gets a little chunk of the opposition vote it will amount to a further split in opposition vote share and Trinamool Congress will be the biggest beneficiary, Mukherjee told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

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“Earlier the Congress and CPI(M) were known to be opposition. If BJP takes a slice of that vote that will benefit us,” the senior TMC leader said to a question about the saffron party making inroads in Bengal.

“BJP is our Goddess Lakshmi if we take that factor into consideration,” he quipped.

By-election will be held in Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara assembly seats on January 29. Panchayat polls in the state are also due this year.