Amid speculation over his alleged rift with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP and party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday dismissed all rumors and asserted that he has always been a "loyal soldier of the TMC", and considered the party supremo as his leader.
Abhishek's statement came amid his recent absence from the forefront of the party's important organizational activities and largely remaining focused on social welfare pursuits.
While addressing a gathering of senior party workers and leaders at the TMC바카라s organizational meeting at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata, Abhishek slammed the opposition over spreading such 바카라canards바카라 ahead of the elections.
'Even If They Slit My Throat..': Abhishek On Joining BJP
Rubbishing the rumors of him planning to join the BJP, Abhishek said, 바카라Those who say that I am crossing over to the BJP, let me say that even if they slit my throat, I will continue to raise the 바카라Mamata Banerjee Zindabad바카라 slogan from my severed windpipe.바카라
바카라I know those people who are spreading such fake news. They have vested interests ahead of the next year바카라s assembly polls,바카라 the MP added.
In a sharp attack on turncoat politicians like Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari who joined hands with the BJP, Abhishek said he had "identified them as traitors" ahead of the previous elections.
바카라I had exposed them before. I will do it once again with those who are trying to create unrest within our party,바카라 the Diamond Harbour MP asserted.
Abhishek's Stern Warning On Following Party Discipline
Emphasizing the need to abide by party discipline, Abhishek alerted the TMC leadership to remain careful about their discourses in the public domain.
바카라If you think, you are an MP or an MLA or a block president and enjoy the immunity to say things in public which demeans the party and weakens its position, you are wrong. Those who have done so have already been identified. Each one of us is guided by organizational rules. There should be no slackness in your work in the run-up to the state polls,바카라 he said.
Urging party members to focus on public service instead of internal conflicts, he said, 바카라Forget about your own differences next year and concentrate on working for the people. There is no point in engaging in conspiracies. Those indulging in WhatsApp group politics should know that such efforts will be futile. Those conspiring will be impacted themselves.바카라
Abhishek On Corruption Charges
Referring to the CBI바카라s latest charge sheet which names him in connection with the teachers바카라 recruitment scam probe, Abhishek, the party바카라s perceived second-in-command, lashed out at the agency for allegedly 바카라acting at the behest of its political masters바카라.
바카라I find it amusing that the CBI is so scared that it is pointing fingers at me in an indirect manner. That바카라s because they do not have a shred of actionable evidence against me. I said this five years ago and I will say it again: If you can produce a single piece of evidence that ties me to any form of corruption, you don바카라t need to write charge sheets. Simply prove them in court and prepare a gallows. I will willingly walk up and hang myself,바카라 Abhishek claimed.
바카라The BJP has ED-CBI-Income Tax trio to work for it. But they don바카라t have the courage to fight it out on the streets. We will break through the BJP바카라s 'chakravyuh'. We have done it before time and again. There바카라s no reason why we can바카라t do it again,바카라 he claimed.
