New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that “West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be left alone at the time of elections. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah in his address on Sunday afternoon via video conferencing a rally in Howrah in West Bengal should reflect on why so many Trinamool Congress leaders are joining the BJP. It is because she has failed the people of the state”.

His swipe comes a day after he personally welcomed five former members of the TMC into the BJP, to continue a flood of defections from the ruling party that began with former Nandigram MLA and Cabinet Minister Suvendu Adhikari. He also said “Why are so many people leaving… Because of misrule, corruption and nepotism, Didi, this is just the beginning. By the time elections come, you will be all alone“. The BJP has made no secret of its strategy to poach as many leaders as possible from the ruling Trinamool. The party has set itself a target of winning 200 of 294 seats.

Apart from those two, several MLAs and leaders from the Trinamool, the Left and the Congress have jumped ship to the BJP in recent days and weeks. “Mamata Banerjee Government is working towards ‘bhatija kalyan, I want to make it clear that if the BJP comes to power, the Modi Government will work toward ‘jan kalyan’,” Shah said.