"Why Did Congress Sideline Adhir Chowdhury? Call From Bengal?": PM's Swipe
NDTV
Prime Ministe Narendra Modi's swipe doubles down on the BJP's pitch that the INDIA alliance is an alliance of convenience
Taking a swipe at Opposition bloc INDIA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today questioned why Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress's leader in Lok Sabha, was not in the list of speakers in the no-confidence debate and wondered if a "call from Bengal" was behind the decision.
The Prime Minister's "call from Bengal" barb referred to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. Mr Chowdhury, also the Bengal Congress chief, has been a vocal critic of the Trinamool government on issues such as chit fund scam and political violence in the eastern state.
The Prime Minister's swipe doubles down on the BJP's pitch that the INDIA alliance is an alliance of convenience and suggests that it was the Trinamool who pushed the Congress to keep Mr Chowdhury out of the speakers' list.
