Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday cast his vote at Mitra Institute polling booth at Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency. He expressed confidence in the TMC's victory and asserted that the BJP will be reduced to 50 seats.
"They said that in 2021. You go and ask them. You said it is going to be a clean sweep for the BJP every time. But whenever the numbers have been revealed, or the electoral outcome came, it became the other way round. So, the onus is on you to go and ask the BJP leaders that every time they have predicted something, eventually it has turned in TMC's favour.
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Amit Shah said they will get 200 seats in 2021, but the TMC crossed 200 seats. They said that they will get 30 seats in Bengal in the Lok Sabha, and TMC got 29 seats. This time they are saying 177, so by their track record, they will go down below 50," ANI quoted him as saying.
'BJP will fall flat on their faces when results come out'
Talking to mediapersons after casting his vote, Banerjee alleged that the BJP was creating an atmosphere of fear in Bengal and that only the INS warships and rafale were left to be deployed in the state.
"The INS warships and Rafale are yet to be deployed. Do that too. The thing that you should be doing against Bangladesh and Pakistan, you are doing it against the people of Bengal and call us Bangladeshi. So those who talk about fear and trust, people are watching who are creating an environment of fear and terror in Bengal, and people will answer for it."
BJP can try every trick from their rule book. They will fall flat on their faces when the results come out. You don't know the people of Bengal... I will be in the Amtala's control room."
'Will stick to my claim'
Asserting that the "TMC's tally will increase", he stated, ""I am not a political astrologer. I have said Trinamool's tally will increase. I stick to my claim what I said one year back. What I said one year ago was that Trinamool's vote percentage will increase and with a bigger majority than 2021. Trinamool is going to form the government for the fourth time, and I will meet you on the 4th."
'Poll observers flouting guidelines'
He also accused the poll observers of flouting their guidelines. He said, "Polling has just started, we should wait for another hour before drawing conclusions. Election Observers are flouting the Supreme Court and the High Court's guidelines and the guidelines in the Election Observers handbook.
They are subservient to their political masters in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. None of these tricks will work. When the ballots open, the TMC will come back with a bigger majority. We have written to the CEC; now it is for them to act."
