“We have wiped out the opposition. Now our biggest challenge is to keep our party strong, stable, and united,” said Arjun Singh, MLA, Noapara.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has wiped out the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from West Bengal but according to Noapara MLA Arjun Singh, the task is only half done as the biggest challenge of keeping the saffron party stable and united remains.
The BJP formed its first-ever government in Bengal since independence, winning a landslide majority in the recently held Assembly elections.
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The saffron party not only breached the TMC fortress but reduced the party that ruled the state for 15 years to below 100 seats.
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However, the saffron party doesn’t want to get carried away with its electoral success.
“We have wiped out the opposition. Now our biggest challenge is to keep our party strong, stable, and united,” said Arjun Singh, MLA, Noapara.
The election defeat has also triggered a crisis within the ranks of the TMC, with several disgruntled leaders quitting key party posts.
TMC leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Santanu Sen has resigned from his post as the party’s national spokesperson, alleging the party’s involvement in corruption and “immoral acts.”
Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has also stepped down from all party posts. A day before, the Barasat MP, along with six TMC MLAs – Anisur Rahaman (Deganga), Burhanul Mukuddim (Baduria), Bina Mondal (Swarupnagar), Surajit Mitra (Basirhat South), Usharini Mandal (Minakhan), and Abdul Matin Muhammad (Haroa) – had attended a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kalyani.
On the other hand, the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in Bengal has been working actively to fulfil its poll planks since coming to power.
According to CM Adhikari, the state government has initiated intensified measures to strengthen border security by facilitating the construction of BSF outposts and barbed-wire fencing, further enhancing security in the border areas.
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