Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is touring the state extensively to dislodge the BJP's influence. She addressed two political rallies at Nandigram in East Midnapur and Purulia. In her address she said that BJP leaders shamelessly misled you during the Lok Sabha elections for their own gain and have run away to Delhi."They were in power in Jharkhand but they have lost. In Bihar, it is not BJP... it is a Nitish Kumar government. They are not in power in Odisha also. In Bengal they don't have a presence but they are using news channels. The use fear tactics. I won't blame the channels but some are definitely (to) blame. I am not talking about reporters, I am talking about promoters," she said.The Chief Minister also said the BJP was using the media to create a perception that they were gaining massive traction in the state.
At one point Ms Banerjee got agitated after a group tried to disrupt her meeting, and said she too could send people to BJP rallies to disrupt them. She also took on the Congress and its ally for this election, the CPM."They are three brothers. CPM, Congress and BJP. And there is an understanding between them. The entire CPM has gone to the BJP. All their votes have been transferred. Congress has also done the same. And some people are leaving. Who are they? Don't worry. It is good riddance of bad rubbish," she said. In Bengal, the BJP is more in media than on the field. The party is using IT to scare and intimidate the Opposition. she further said, "Politics is a solemn ideology, philosophy; one can change clothes daily but not ideologies."
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