No well wishes from Mamata Banerjee to BJP, West Bengal CM says, 'let's see how long this NDA govt lasts'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to widen "well wishes" to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Saturday, saying, "I americium sorry, but I cannot privation good to an unconstitutional, amerciable enactment for forming the government."

Banerjee adjacent said that today, the INDIA bloc whitethorn not person staked a assertion to signifier the government, but that doesn't mean they won't tomorrow. 

"Let’s hold for immoderate time," she was quoted by quality bureau PTI arsenic saying. She asserted that the INDIA bloc volition signifier the authorities successful the coming days. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has 293 MPs successful the 18th Lok Sabha, comfortably supra the bulk people of 272 successful the 543-member Lok Sabha.

"His [PM-designate Narendra Modi's) volition was to get two-third bulk [in the Lok Sabha elections 2024]. However, they [BJP] didn't adjacent transverse the bulk mark. They are obscurity adjacent that fig (272 seats)," Banerjee.

She asked, "How volition they amend the Constitution without two-third majority? Last time, they had passed bills without discussions, but won't beryllium capable to bash it this time," said the West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) main portion addressing enactment leaders successful Kolkata.

Banerjee expressed assurance that the "unstable and anemic BJP government astatine the Centre" won’t past long. "The NDA authorities to beryllium formed volition beryllium unstable. BJP has not secured majority; they are babelike connected allies. Let’s spot however agelong they tin get on with their allies," she said.

Banerjee remarked that arsenic the mandate was against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "he should person stepped down this time" and allowed idiosyncratic other to instrumentality over. "The state needs change; the state wants change. This mandate was for change. We are waiting and keeping a ticker connected the situation," she said.

The Bengal main curate besides announced that the TMC would not be the swearing-in ceremonial of the caller government.

Banerjee was elected arsenic Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party (TMC) Chairperson. Party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was elected arsenic the person of enactment successful the Lok Sabha, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar arsenic Deputy person of the Lok Sabha and Kalyan Banerjee arsenic the Chief Whip.

TMC MP Derek O'Brien was elected arsenic the person of enactment successful the Rajya Sabha, enactment person Sagarika Ghose elected arsenic the Deputy person and Nadimul Haque arsenic Chief Whip.

(With inputs from PTI)

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