Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamatha Banerjee urged all regional parties to come together and defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls-2024. Mamatha in her address at an event in Kolkata on Thursday targeted the Congress saying she feels bad when the party failed to put up a fight against the BJP.

She hit out at the BJP camp raising several issues ranging from Union budget and Pegasus spyware. We wanted all the parties to come together against the BJP. But if someone does not listen to us and stands away with their arrogance, we will walk alone, she said. Mamatha termed Union budget as a big bluff and said the allocation to the MGNREGS had been reduced and the Centre was focusing more on diamonds than basic requirements for the people. Can you imagine allocation for 100-days work has been reduced and nobody is protesting?

Mamatha raising the spyware issue, she said if anyone protested against the government, the Pegasus spyware was used against. BJP want everyone to live in fear. The people will rise against them, she said. Expressing hope to spread footprint in other states, Mamatha urged party leaders and workers ensure victory in the Lok Sabha polls-2024.