TMC slams panel,praises CM

“When the Trinamool was in the Opposition,they did not get justice from the state election commission and now what are they doing?” Roy said,claiming that there was no democracy in West Bengal during the erstwhile Left Front regime since 1977. “This is a fight to maintain democracy. We will reach out to the people to explain the conspiracy by the Congress,CPM and BJP to derail the election,” he said.

The Congress,CPM and BJP know that they will loose the election,and so they do not want to hold the elections,he added.

Praising Mamata Banerjee’s “courage”,Roy said: “At various places,the CPM wrote posters declaring that they would rather shed blood but they would not allow a division of Bengal. Whereras Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went to Darjeeling and standing along with GJM leaders like Roshan Giri and Bimal Gurung on the same dais she declared that she would not allow any division of Bengal. Can the opposition parties muster that much of courage to do this?”

He claimed that Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram,then Home Minister,took a chopper ride to Naxal-affected Jungelamahal,but Mamata went there by road and addressed rallies. “This speaks volumes of our CM’s courage and determination,” Roy added.