Kolkata sources stated doing what she is best at, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday escalated her protest against the Centre and the CBI by vowing to continue her “Satyagraha” to save the country and the Constitution till February 8 amid a tsunami of support from Opposition parties. Meanwhile fueling her prime ministerial ambition, Ms Banerjee tactically pitched herself to the forefront of a united Opposition, whose leaders tore into the Central government on the floor of Parliament and outside.
Furthermore Ms Banerjee continued her dharna at Metro Cinema in Esplanade, central Kolkata, the Trinamool claimed it has the support of almost all Opposition parties, an indication that the West Bengal Chief Minister is aiming at nothing less than the Prime Minister’s chair with a virtual replay of her January 19 Kolkata rally. Ms Banerjee told reporters at the protest site “This is a Satyagraha and she will continue (it) till the country is saved, the constitution is saved”.
Moreover in the Lok Sabha, Union home minister Rajnath Singh called the developments in West Bengal “unfortunate and unprecedented” and indicative of a constitutional breakdown. Mr. Singh told the Lok Sabha “There may be breakdown of Constitution in West Bengal and under the Constitution, the Central government has been vested with the power to maintain normalcy in any part of the country”.
