"Jhatka, kalesh": Shehzad Poonawalla taunts Rahul Gandhi after TMC snubs Congress

Mar 11, 2024

New Delhi, March 11 (ANI): BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla lashed out at the INDI alliance on Sunday, pointing out that there is another "jhatka" and "kalesh" in the alliance after Trinamool Congress announced to field its candidates from all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. "Mamata Banerjee has unilaterally declared the seats and now Congress is looking here and there," he added. He further took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, saying that wherever he has gone, the INDI alliance has taken its last breath. "Only confusion, contradiction, commission, corruption and ambition. There is no mission or vision in the alliance," he added. Shehzad Poonawalla slammed, "In Kerala, they declared another candidate for Waynad. They asked Rahul Gandhi to leave. In Maharashtra, Sanjay Raut said Congress is zero-party. In Punjab, Bhagwant Mann says ek thi congress despite having an alliance in Delhi. In Bengal, the alliance is over. In Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, alliance parties have left Congress." Speaking on the INDI bloc's position in West Bengal, the BJP leader said that Mamata Banerjee, who first said to the Congress to take two seats or else carry on as Congress won't get even 40 Lok Sabha seats across the country. "This is the state of their alliance. There is no confidence in the INDI alliance; there is no confidence in Rahul Gandhi," he added.