Kolkata, May 31 (UNI): Calling upon the party leaders to embark upon socio-cultural programmes to take on the rising RSS narrative in Bengal, a string of senior Trinamool Congress leaders was given the responsibility to lead the newly constituted "Jai Hind" brigade.
Ms Banerjee's nephew and MP from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency Abhishek Banerjee was given the responsibility to constitute this brigade, while Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar will look after the women brigade in the state.
Apart from these leaders, Ms Banerjee's brother Kartik Banerjee, state ministers Indranil Sen and Bratya Basu were handed the charge to lead the brigades.
Through these brigades, Ms Banerjee asked the party leadership to leave an indelible impact on the Bengali society with cultural programmes to counter the RSS influence in the state.
Ms Banerjee in her first post-Lok Sabha result meeting on May 25, had desired to demit the office of the Bengal chief minister following the Trinamool Congress' lacklustre and ignominious performance in the hustings.
The CM said: "I don’t need the chair of the chief minister. I was ready to step down and only lead the party as I couldn't perform my duty because of the constraints of the Model Code of Conduct, but my party refused to accept it and accused the Narendra Modi government of creating an "emergency-like" situation in the state.
Spewing her venom against the Election Commission, Ms Banerjee said: "Central forces worked against her party and the EC played a mute spectator. The Election Commission is the man of the match of this election. It has openly supported the BJP. Our complaints were not heeded to by the Election Commission (EC). Our administration was under it for five months; an emergency situation was created."
She also came down heavily on the BJP, saying, 'The BJP has won by spreading communalism – it has won by dividing Hindus and Muslims. However, I don’t believe in dividing people on the basis of religion; I am prepared go alone on this. The amount of money spent by the BJP during this election beats any scam. The BJP distributed money with the help of government officers, the Central forces posted here, BSF, and others."
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