West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at her last roadshow for the Lok Sabha polls on Thursday, urged TMC workers not to be swayed by initial trends during the vote counting. She suggested that the BJP might lose the elections if the votes are counted accurately.
?A Lok Sabha seat consists of seven Assembly constituencies. As the Election Commission of India is under them (BJP), they will show the seats in which the BJP is ahead and not the ones in which we get a greater margin of votes. I am not talking about us but this will happen in other places,? Banerjee said. ?There is a possibility that if the counting is conducted properly, the BJP will not come to power this time,? she added.
During the roadshow, Banerjee walked from Jadavpur to Hazra, covering nearly 10 km through south Kolkata's Bhowanipore, Hazra, Lansdown, Chakraberia, Gariahat, Dhakuria, and Jadavpur.
Reiterating her criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s meditation, which she claims is meant to ?gain publicity,? she said, ?The chair of the PM is valuable and it has constitutional rules. They don?t care about them. Every time before elections, he sits somewhere to gain publicity for 48 hours. He may meditate but why in the presence of cameras? He will show the footage of five minutes? They will keep showing the five-minute footage.?
Banerjee also criticized the BJP's handling of the economy and social welfare, stating, ?Inflation has touched the sky in the country. They lie about giving free ration to the people and don?t release any funds. We provide ration, water, and electricity as well. They lie about providing free cooking gas. It is similar to their fake promises of giving Rs 15 lakh to people. I have never seen any other PM telling such lies.?
