Opposition All India Trinamool Congress held a massive successful rally in Tura on Friday. Over 30 thousand people attended the Public meeting at New Tura Playground,Tura Law College. Addressing the rally, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday assured that post 2023 Assembly polls, Meghalayan are going to rule Meghalaya and not people of Bengal or people of Delhi.
Hitting hard at BJP and ruling NPP, Banerjee asked the gathering if they wanted to be ruled and governed by the people sitting in Guwahati and Delhi?
“Meghalaya has to fight for their own right, I want to ask you a simple question- Do you want your state to be ruled and Governed by Guwahati or Delhi? or you want your own self respect and come what may, but we will not sell our self respect and our spine to any one, that has to be the mindset and the attitude,” the AITC National General Secretary said.
Stating that Meghalaya has to be associated in the fight, Banerjee said, “I want to assure you that in every step of this fight I am going to be with you, every Trinamool congress soldier is going to be with you and I want to make it very clear in the next three months when the election are over and a new democratic progressive Government is formed in Meghalaya, Meghalayans are going to rule Meghalaya and not people of Bengal or people of Delhi. “
He further informed the gathering that there are seventeen hundred political parties in the country and only Trinamool Congress is the only party which is taking on BJP head on despite all their threat and does not cowdown to Delhi.
Banerjee on Friday said the people of Meghalaya will unitedly fight to end the chaos of four and a half years due to the incompetent leadership of the NPP-led MDA government.
Addressing public meeting at Tura in West Garo Hills, Banerjee said, “In the next three months, all Meghalayans irrespective of caste, creed, and religion will unitedly fight to end the chaos of four and half years due to the incompetent leadership of the NPP-led MDA government.”
Taking a jibe at the NPP, Banerjee said, “MDA is supposed to stand for Meghalaya’s Democratic Alliance. However, the collapsing infrastructure in the state proves that all progress has taken place in one family, to one person. It stands for ‘My Democratic Alliance’ of the ‘Conman’s’. Despite Meghalaya’s rich biodiversity, there are roads with potholes, schools without teachers, and youths without jobs.”
Throwing an open challenge to the NPP-led MDA government, the AITC leader demanded, “The NPP has not even filed its Election Expenditure report. I am challenging the NPP to come forward and face the debate: ‘Why did the MDA government fail drastically in the last four and half years?’”
Speaking with conviction, the AITC MP uttered, “The three petals of the flower in our logo stands for the Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia. The shoddy alliance of MDA would not secure a single seat in the Garo hills in the 2023 polls. We would not cower down to autocratic forces.”
Promising a brighter future for Meghalaya, he commented, “The state would be introduced to a new government in three months that aspires to bring a holistic change. No Border MoU would be signed without consulting the people; we would fight to have Garo and Khasi included as languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.”
Thanking the supporters for reaching the glorious milestone of crossing 1 Lakh+ active members by his second visit, Abhishek Banerjee commented, “We started this membership drive with a few hundred; today, we have reached a humongous support of 1 Lakh+ active members in just four months. I thank each one of you for ensuring our progress in the quest to stand out.”
Addressing the crowd, Meghalaya TMC State President Charles Pyngrope commented, “The AITC believes in the power of the people and aspires for better governance. We will work tirelessly for the people of Meghalaya. We are working for the development of Meghalaya and would strive to make it a model state.”
Resonating with Banerjee’s message, Dr. Mukul Sangma commented, “We aspired for Meghalaya to become the hub for travel and education. Instead, it has become a hub for gaming and gambling under the MDA government. We want immediate redressal to restore the state to its lost heritage. We are a party which stands for justice. We will not compromise with our ideologies and principles.”
Marking the event’s success, people from all across Garo Hills and nearby districts of Khasi Hills came in thronging to today’s public address, congesting all roads leading to the event venue and the city of Tura.
During the meeting, a host of Meghalaya TMC leaders including Meghalaya TMC State In-charge Dr. Manas Ranjan Bhunia, Meghalaya TMC State President Charles Pyngrope, Trinamool Congress Legislature party leader and Leader of Opposition, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Dr. Mukul Sangma, Meghalaya TMC MLA (Umroi) George B Lyngdoh, Meghalaya TMC MLA (Mahendraganj) Dikkanchi D Shira, and Meghalaya TMC MLA (Rangsakona) Zenith Sangma along with other notable Trinamool Congress leaders were present.