According to Mamate Banerjee, the BJP may find it difficult to win the 2019 presidential elections because it does not have even half of the total number of parliamentarians in the country.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that despite the BJP’s recent victory in general elections in four states, winning the upcoming presidential election may not be easy for the party as it does not even have half of its membership. all MPs across the country.
Ms Banerjee claimed that “the game is not over yet”, saying those who do not have even half of the total number of lawmakers in the country should not speak big, as parties like the Samajwadi party are more strong despite their defeat in the parliamentary elections. elections than the last time. “The presidential elections will not be easy for the BJP this time. They don’t even have half of all the MPs in the country.
Opposition parties collectively have more MPs across the country,” she said at the rally. “The game is not over yet. Even parties like the Samajwadi party which lost the general elections in Uttar Pradesh have more MPs than last time,” she said. are conducted indirectly through an electoral college made up of elected members of parliament and state and union territory legislatures.”
The game is not over yet. Even parties like the Samajwadi party, which lost the general election in Uttar Pradesh, have more MPs than last time,” she said. Presidential elections are conducted indirectly through an electoral college composed of elected members of parliament and state and union territory legislatures.
The number and value of each voter’s vote in state legislatures is calculated by a formula that takes into account the state’s population in 1971. Ms. Banerjee, who attempted to build an anti-BJP front to confront the camp saffron in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, said the country was preparing to fight the ruling party in the center.
The fiery Trinamool boss, in his speech on the hills and home affairs budget discussion, praised the state police for maintaining law and order in the state and dismissed allegations of political violence as “ducks propagated by the opposition”.
Condemning the recent killings of two Congress and Trinamool advisers, Ms Banerjee said police were investigating the matter and strict action would be taken regardless of the political affiliations of those responsible.
The opposition BJP staged a strike during Banerjee’s speech after the opposition and Treasury benches exchanged slogans and counter-slogans of ‘Jai Bangla’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.
