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Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) West Bengal Trinamool Congress state general secretary Kunal Ghosh on Monday used the twin auspicious occasions of Kali Puja and Diwali to predict that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will either become the prime minister in 2029 or surpass former CM late Jyoti Basu’s record in that chair.
The Trinamool leader’s statement was focused on the opposition. However, he did not take anyone’s name while posting on social media.
Ghosh also claimed that Trinamool’s Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee will become the next Chief Minister of West Bengal after his aunt Mamata Banerjee.
“As a citizen, let me tell the unpopular drama-loving opposition and some jealous, sad, disappointed detractors – Mamata Banerjee will break Jyoti Basu’s record of chief ministership. She will remain chief minister till 2036. Before that time, Abhishek Banerjee’s chief ministership will begin with her blessings,” Ghosh said in an ex-post.
“Meanwhile, if Mamata becomes prime minister in 2029, it will be a different story. The opposition should be in the media, social media. Trinamool is beautiful in Nabanna (state secretariat), the opposition is on Facebook,” he said.
It may be noted that Jyoti Basu served as the sixth and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was also a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for 11 terms.
In his political career spanning over seven decades, at the time of his resignation, he was known as the country’s longest serving Chief Minister in an elected democracy. He declined the post of Prime Minister after the 1996 general elections as the CPI-M refused to let him lead a multi-party alliance, leaving the post of Prime Minister to HD Deve Gowda.
In the 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata will seek her fourth term as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. The opposition BJP is trying to prevent the Trinamool Congress from retaining power and remove Mamata Banerjee from the post of Chief Minister of the state.
–IANS
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