'Doors are shut and the keys have been thrown away' says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal CM and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee during an election campaign rally at Habra in North 24 Pargana district in West Bengal on Monday.(Photo: PTI)
Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati and the Trinamul on Friday dashed any hopes of a post-poll alignment with the BJP-led NDA, an option about which Narendra Modi had talked in an interview.
“BJP leader Narendra Modi in his recent interview had claimed that if needed, he might seek the support of AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa, Trinamul’s Mamata Banerjee and the BSP’s president. I want to make it clear that the BSP will not extend any kind of support to Modi or the NDA to form the government at any cost,” Mayawati said.
The BJP was quick to respond with Mr Modi’s close aide and former minister of state for Gujarat Amit Shah saying that the BJP doesn’t believe in political untouchability and is open to support from any party.
Rejecting the possibility of a tie up with BJP, Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee also said, “If he says BJP’s doors are open for a Modi-led government, then I will use the same analogy to say that our doors are shut and the keys have been thrown away”.
Both were reacting to Mr Modi’s comments in a TV interview last night hinting at keeping the doors open for doing business with leaders like Ms Jayalalithaa, Ms Banerjee and Ms Mayawati, notwithstanding strong attacks on them during the campaign. However, there was no reaction from Chennai either from the Tamil Nadu chief minister or her party AIADMK.
Ms Mayawati said that Mr Modi’s statement betrayed nervous on his part as the BJP has realised that it might not be able to form the government.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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