'NDA govt unstable, may not continue', claims Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed BJP-led NDA government may not complete its five-year term as it is "not stable".

"This government may not continue also. This is not a stable government," Mamata said.

Mamata Banerjee met INDIA bloc ally Uddhav Thackery at his house Matoshree in Mumbai on Friday.

Later, Mamata Banerjee met Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar.

Banerjee, who heads the Trinamool Congress, met Pawar at his residence 'Silver Oak' in south Mumbai.

In Maharashtra, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bagged 30 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats, stunning the ruling Mahayuti, which comprises the BJP, the Shiv Sena and the NCP. Constituents of the MVA, including the Congress, are members of the INDIA alliance at the national level.

On the central government's decision to observe June 25, when Emergency was imposed in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas', Mamata Banerjee said times associated with Emergency were being seen most during the tenure of PM Narendra Modi.

"We do not support Emergency....(but) charity begins at home," she said, according to news agency PTI.
The Bengal CM also said it was "absolutely unethical" to take away the name and symbol from the Thackeray faction but added the party "fought like a tiger".

The Shiv Sena split in June 2022 and the party name and 'bow and arrow' symbol was given to the faction led by chief minister Eknath Shinde.

Mamta Banejee said she would campaign for Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Maharashtra assembly polls expected to be held in October-November.

Both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress are part of the Opposition's INDIA grouping. This was the first meeting between the two leaders, who are known to enjoy a good rapport, after the Lok Sabha elections.

Before heading to Mumbai when asked about her political engagements with INDIA bloc allies, the TMC supremo had said the meeting would have "political talks" as they hadn't met after the Lok Sabha elections.

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