Falta Rout Completes The Slaying Of TMC’s Brutal Diamond Harbour Model | The Right Stand | News18

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[00:00:00]Now to Bengal where the BJP scored a stunning win in West Bengal's Falta assembly seat with candidate Debangu Panda winning by over one lakh votes and reducing the Trunamul Congress to fourth place in what was seen as a Trunamul Congress stronghold. The result has sparked a fierce political battle.

[00:00:18]Truman Congress Supreme Mohammed Aban Dupati alleging that the election was rigged while Chief Minister Shuendadiari mocking the Thrillam saying that diamond harbor model had become the Truman's loss bar model. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the verdict saying democracy has won and intimidation has lost.

[00:00:37]Meanwhile, cracks have also appeared within the Trunamul after the defeat.

[00:00:41]party MP Kakoli Dhastidar announcing that she will resign as Barasad district parliamentary president and blamed elections strategist IPAC for interfering in party functioning during the campaign. Now is Fala also faced with the Congress? Well, first up they are fourth place. They're not they're not second place behind the BJP. They're fourth place in the re-election and the margin of victory is more than a lack votes. It's not a 100 or thousand votes viewers. The candidate withdrew got 3.7% vote share. The lost seat that was won four to five times so far. This was the chief of all bastions for the Stonem Congress. The key segment of Abhishek Banerjee's constituency. 33 to 35% demographic is Muslim dominated and they prefer to vote for the Congress or the left or the BJP and not the Tunul Congress. Let's go across to Tohin Sa and Manojit Mandal joining us. Namaste gentlemen. Thank you for your time.

[00:01:40]Tohin Sa. Many believe that the Fala candidate was intimidated by the BJP into resigning and running away.

[00:01:49]>> Well, good evening Anand. Good evening everybody. You know the Fala model or the diamond harbor model which Abhishek Banerji was so proud of was you know was basically engineered on intimidation on threats threats of rape threats of violence against women that model has collapsed >> you know the TMC ma mind you the TMC coming forth marks the beginning of the end of TMC and why I'm saying this is because TMC is was never an regional party you know it was born by embezzling members out of Congress party mabaraji herself was a you know ex- congress member it was embezzled by getting people out of CPIM so all of these people who were in government you know were there only because they were enjoying the fruits of extortion to crime monies you know the crime syndicate which TMC was in the guise of an you know disguised as a political party now that TMC is beginning to collapse. All of these people, most of these people will go back to their original parties and therefore PMC has no future in Bengal. And no, we don't intimidate people. We remove the intimidation, we eradicate intimidation.

[00:03:06]We did that in Bihar like I have mentioned before. We did that in in you know in Uttar Pradesh where Samajwadi party was working in a similar mode and Jangir two TMC what Mohammed Shahabuin used to be to Ladu family at one point of time and what Adi Ahmed used to be for Mulam Singh Yadav >> where the troubles only compound after Kakulos Dhastar we've just got a tweet or an ex post by Riu Data you want to see if we can call it up on the screen 91 Tranmul Congress councilors have resigned from various municipalities across Bengal. It is falling like a house of cards. Now that's what it is.

[00:03:44]Riu Duta has just posted this Manojit mandal. Riu Duta was one of the first and he spoke with me saying that the Trunimul Congress leadership didn't answer his calls and it was the BJP that actually provided him and his family security. Uh similar thing that was said by Kakoli Gur Dashidar as she as she stepped down from her constitutional post. But yes, I I do not really wish to comment on Riu's uh comment but yes the loss in Fala was definitely on the line after the candidate was withdrew completely out of turn as as the TMC made it very clear that they were not consulted before the withdrawal there could be intimidation or maybe there was lack on his part also if he was he was clean he should have been you know he should have stuck to the guns >> and if he's not I definitely I would ask the BJP and the government of West Bengal now to arrest this person like they're doing in many cases if they can do it and instead if they they take them take them into the party in their own fold like they did in 2020 including the current chief minister who is also an import from the TMC mind you then I think you know good luck to all these people >> if they are really really really you know serious about fighting corruption And I believe there are corrupt leaders in TMC. It is it is it is in all the political parties irrespective of you know whether the TMC, Congress, BJP and CPIM >> the BJP there the party with different they should not take them into the party but they have also given protection to go was also seen taking money in 2016.

[00:05:27]BJP showed the tape in from their own party. Okay. She was one of them. He has also taken nobody they have not taken anybody on board. They have not asked anybody to quit and join BJP. They've just said that they are saying the Congress leaders are saying nobody protected us but the BJP and their sitting MLAs there and all gave us protection. They said we did our job as a party leader but our families were being threatened. So you know it what goes around comes around. It's quite karmic there. No, I I I I do not think any case. I think she had a problem with you know you know being removed from the chief whip of the you know parliamentary you know party >> she was removed I don't know why she was removed she in the first place she would not have been removed because she was appointed barely six seven months earlier and Mr. Kamarji was replaced.

[00:06:18]Colagi was a senior you know in the party. But you know this is party's internal decision. I don't know why this has happened. This can happen because hiccups are definitely you know going to happen because the party has lost. They are now out of the power.

[00:06:30]>> They must you know come in the groove like many people are resigning right >> but yes the party needs to come into fall and there there has to be a good opposition. I mean I I I wish good luck to my friend from BJP. congratulate them but you also need to understand that there has to be a proper you know opposition in the party and I do not think they are also looking for the left to become the opposition the the principal opposition like they are becoming in case of fala >> who can be more dangerous than the left >> no you know political scenario >> no but the point is that there is no confidence in the tunamul that that also stands out at this part uh >> confidence needs to be built up needs to be brought in >> it has to be done by the mabanji herself.

[00:07:12]>> Huh. All right. Now on Kokali go Dasida's res uh from the post of AITC district president of Barasad. Shogatto Roy Tranmul Congress MP has said that she has not quit the post. Information is all wrong. Kakoli Gosh was president of the Barasad district TMC. She resigned from that. She had a grievance because she was removed from the post of chief whip of the Congress parliamentary party. This is not ethical in the sense that when the party is in difficulty, one should not take steps that will harm the party. She will have to explain to people. So the congress is not very very happy with the developments but at this point party to is that the is that the plan tohin is that what's happening 101 counselors 101 councilors have resigned across municipalities in in in Bengal are they all now going to be on boarded on the BJP? Yes. Yes. Yes.

[00:08:05]>> Let me let me you know I know TMC I you know TMC has been mischievously insinuating that we will take TMC goons but let me categorically state this that there is no room. There is absolutely no vacancy in BJP for TMC goons. And like I mentioned in the closing statement maybe my friend from the other side is having you know attention problems. They will go back to their original parties where they came from which is the Congress party and and the CPIM. You know they did not come from the BJP. TMC is not an original party. They will go back to their original parties.

[00:08:45]>> The TMC per se is collapsing because of the burden of its sins. It is not we who are looking you know you go to Kolkata speak to the average people they are so elated with the relief that they feel now that the TMC go culture is gone. M >> so you know I mean the TMC is collapsing because of its own sins because of its own karma and while we we have no attendant burdens to protect it we have no attendant burdens to be nice to it they have been wild to the people of Bengal and we will we will certainly you know we will see certainly let them collapse >> we got more news coming through at this point let's just go across to that shindu Adikari is trying to walk the talk on his promise of detect detain and deport The crackdown on illegal infiltration continues. Bengal chief minister walking the talk. He has orders ordered for detecting, detaining and deporting Bangladeshies and also already uh the detention houses have been identified. So he's not wasting time in walking the talk. Manojit Mandal that's fantastic. I think we have no problem with that. If real Bangladeshes are chucked out of the country whether from Bengal, Assam or Manipur, I think every Indian should be happy but how many of they have been so far chucked out of the land.

[00:10:04]>> We want to know that barely few thousands. That's the data from the central government. And coming back to the question of taking TMC's goons into BJP you have done it in the past like in case of Bihar also >> Mr. Samar chori was inj he added all kinds of cases against him. I'm not comparing Shamra Chi with srubinduari because there there are no such serious cases against Mr. Subumindo. That's fine. But yes, Shuenduari is also seen taking money. So I believe that was a conspiracy for all all the leaders including Mr. Odikari.

[00:10:37]>> If Shuendrai was guilty then all the TMC leaders are also guilty.

[00:10:41]>> But I believe that was a conspiracy against all the TMC leaders because Mr. Adikar is also in TMC at that point of time. But we have taken them into your fold Mr. Cena. You have taken the corrupt into your fold in other states also.

[00:10:54]>> So we are also you know going to watch out on how how long you wait for the TMC booms and all those money makers to be on.

[00:11:04]>> Let us wait for that.

[00:11:05]>> Twins you know I don't know what joy my my you know opponent is deriving over here by just suggesting that BJP might be taking them in. We don't need to we have not we didn't take them when we were we were not in power in Bengal when very few people gave us uh you know when very few people were ready to believe that we will win this elections we did not take the TMC coons then why would we take them now >> see an the larger point is that procriminal pro regional parties have a limited shelf life RJD has still not been able to recover after 2005 till the time they are in power they make merry Till the time party was in power in 2017, they encouraged a similar culture.

[00:11:51]Till now they are struggling and that is precisely what is going to happen to the TMC. It's it will face an existential crisis. They want to be in denial. Good luck to them.

[00:12:01]>> Manojit I I give examples Mr. Sha I give examples of Dr. Mr. Shamra Chui. I give example of uh you know >> worried about TMC right now. The TMC TMC is in TMC is in crisis. It is apparently that TMC is in crisis. They must come out of this crisis and has to take the take the charge.

[00:12:23]>> But but Manujit Manujit M it's nice you you very smartly shifted the goalpost to where you can make an argument. I want to come back to Fala and I want to ask you that person who was issuing such threats and who was standing there before the elections where why did he not contest >> when the repoles were announced? Why did he run away?

[00:12:44]>> That's what I think the whole of Bengal is wondering now that he called himself pushpa. What kind of intimidation did he find either from the election commission or from the new dispensation that he had to you know run away? Uh what happened?

[00:12:58]I mean intimidation or pushpa himself.

[00:13:01]Pushpa has actually become a fallen pushba. So that has to be you know looked into. But if he has got problems, I believe the BJP government should go after him. Right? But the fact remains that the party TMC party was extremely unhappy about this decision. They were not taken on board.

[00:13:19]>> But you you know Kolkata better. You know what's happening. So I want to ask you how did pushpa became fuspa. So fire became fuski. How did that happen?

[00:13:29]>> I think this is largely because of his own problem. you know he he I mean the very young leaders are unable to control their power that happens in this country Mr. I think it's very difficult for a party like TMC which is not really regimented like BJP or the >> I thought it was it was firmly regimented etc and BIPO was the commanderin-chief and he was the general etc and everything was happening under BIPO today Kakali goar has also said IPAC and BIO have heard >> no Kakali goar has not taken name of Mr. Abishek Banerj but you have to give it to Mr. Banerjing Banji that in the last four five years he has built himself up.

[00:14:08]I mean look at his foreign trips. I mean even if he he has failed he has made mistake that's fantastic but he has done well for the party in the last two elections 2021 2024 the same obvious man was lorded by the party the people who are now abusing him including you know Raja though I really don't want to dignify his comment he was at the doorstep of Mr. Banerj even three three weeks ago. So I mean what kind of what kind of turnaround is this?

[00:14:36]>> No, but what did his foreign trips have to do with his success?

[00:14:40]>> No, I'm saying that when he was sent by the parliamentary delegation, you know, after that Fulma, you know, Kashmir attack, he did fantastic job. I mean the prime minister lorded him >> and he was doing fantastic job. So I mean you have to give it to him. He speaks the languages quite well. Bangla, English and Hindi. He has the command over the audiences. He had made a mistake. Abs. Absolutely he had made mistake. But this was his guard. Diamond Diamond Harbor was his backyard and Jangir Khan was supposed to be his right-hand man. So >> I mean I mean Mr. Anand I invite you to go to Diamond Harbor and just go and see that whether walks have been done or not. The roads have been built, the stadiums have been built, the hospitals have been built. So here >> did I did I ever question that? Why?

[00:15:23]What did I say? This was his backyard.

[00:15:25]Why did he vacate his backyard without having an eviction notice? That's my question.

[00:15:31]No, you know that has to be that has to be looked into by the party itself definitely come out and right now he is completely threatened by the KMC the police police is going into his house >> again p again why distort facts and be economical you're a professor you're supposed to state the facts as they are not color it the cops went there why to retrieve retrieve surveillance equipment that was installed there because he had Z plus security now that is Security is downgraded that sec that surveillance equipment had to be removed that included a big plasma TV from there they could watch also CCTV footage that is what has been removed police dramatizing look at in Bengali media what what was happening till 1 hour ago police has kind of bishek banji's house they have taken away these team so that was going on >> you are you are a pass at shifting the goal poster deflecting it. But hey, this was over dramatization. Manojit Mandal, it was not required. My question is why would why did he not even contest the report? What happened there? Twin zan TMC as a party has so far been temperamentally unfit for a modern democracy like India. So if they have to really survive I think you know they will have to repackage themselves and the repackaging will start with both Ma Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee profusely apologizing for the sins they have committed upon the people of Bengal whether it is extortion whether it is you know preciding over political murders and all of those sins which made them untouchable for a vast majority of Bengales. So if they are willing to you know tread that path of price they might have a future but otherwise people of Bengal are never going to forgive them. And you know in the time to come Vala is just a trailer everywhere.

[00:17:31]you know TMC will will you know lag behind the other parties which includes BJP which is at the forefront right now post which there are you know obviously CPIM Congress and TMC will be a fledgling fourth >> right I've got limited time just about a minute just want to bring this to our uh to your notice viewers at 6:56 p.m. This evening, Ashwani Washnav put out this post on X. He says, "We have successfully bridged the 62 m via duct gap at the Chingri Gata at Chingri Gata, a critical link on Kolkata's metro, Kolkata Metro's orange line." This is what he says. The Tranimul Congress kept it stalled for years by refusing basic traffic diversion permissions. Even after the High Court and Supreme Court cleared the project, the work still never moved. The obstruction ended with night traffic blockades over two successive weekends. The work is complete and the busy crossing road reopened 3 hours ahead of schedule. 12 concrete segments were aligned overnight. That's the video that he has posted. Now Tohin Sa imagine work that could have been completed in just over two weekends was stalled for years. How is this fair on part of the Trinumul Congress leadership to the people of Bengal especially the people of Kolkata and this orange metro line often has been used for political rhetoric.

[00:19:06]>> I completely agree Anand the DMC had a sinister agenda. Imagine you know them not giving 119 kilometers of border land to PSF for fence for fencing which was so critical to to to stop illegal migration you know so and obviously there are so many in infrastructure projects which were stalled for some you know some of the most flimsy and frivolous >> excuses >> right >> so that's the difference in work culture which we have been talking about and in the last 16 days at least 16 you know very significant Heartbreaking decisions have been taken by the new Bengal government under Suendu.

[00:19:45]>> Politics aside, politics aside, if you block Vikas for the people, good things for the people and good things for the country, the voter will come back and exact their pound of flesh eventually.

[00:19:56]That is something all political parties need to know and irrespect of whether it's Trin Congress, BJP Congress or any other party. You cannot deny people their right basic amenities. They pay taxes for this. They go through hardship for this. You cannot go look away from there just to play your you know politics. It cannot work. It will not work. I thank you gentlemen. I've run out of time but uh just enough to slip in something viewers a moment of pride.

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