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Rift in INDIA bloc? ‘If they can’t run the show, what can I do?’ asks Mamata Banerjee | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Days after TMC MPs floated the idea of appointing Mamata Banerjee as the leader of the INDIA bloc, the West Bengal chief minister herself weighed in on Friday, saying she is ready to lead the opposition bloc if asked. The statement from the CM comes amidst simmering disagreements within the INDIA bloc over issues ranging from Congress’s recent electoral defeats in Haryana & Maharashtra to its insistence on debating "one specific issue" in Parliament.“I formed the INDIA bloc; now it is up to those leading the front to manage it. If they can’t run the show, what can I do?” Banerjee said during a television interview."I am not leading that front," she added.When asked if she would accept leading the opposition front against the BJP-led NDA government, she responded, “If given t...

‘I Formed INDIA Bloc, If They Can’t Run The Show…’: Mamata Opens Up On Becoming Oppn Face, TM

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‘I Formed INDIA Bloc, If They Can’t Run The Show…’: Mamata Opens Up On Becoming Oppn Face, TM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her dissatisfaction with the current functioning of the opposition INDIA bloc, suggesting her readiness to assume leadership of the alliance if the opportunity arises. Speaking in an interview with Bengali news channel News 18 Bangla on Friday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo made it clear that she could manage both the opposition front and her role as Chief Minister of West Bengal simultaneously. "I had formed the INDIA bloc, now it is up to those leading the front to manage it. If they can't run the show, what can I do? I would just say that everyone needs to be taken along," she remarked, as quoted by news agency PTI. Banerjee further addressed the question of why she had not yet assumed leadership of the alliance, especially g...

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‘What a joke!’: Congress snubs TMC for suggesting Mamata as INDIA bloc face | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday rejected the idea of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee becoming leader of the INDIA bloc terming the suggestion a "joke"."That's a good joke," Tagore quipped when asked about TMC leaders' remarks.This comes after TMC MP Kirti Azad asserted that Mamata was a better face to lead the opposition bloc adding that she had a perfect record against BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi."Mamata Banerjee has a perfect record. Whenever Narendra Modi has faced defeat, it has always been in West Bengal. Even in the recent by-elections, where the BJP had one seat and we had five, Mamata Didi hit a six and threw Narendra Modi out of the West Bengal boundary. Every time he comes to Bengal intending to insult, his vote count increases, and she, a ve...