KOLKATA: Nobel laureate Amartya Sens statement that CM Mamata Banerjee has the ability to be the next PM, followed by Banerjees action that his recommendations was like an order to her, drew sharp political responses on Sunday.
Trinamool Rajya Sabha chief whip Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said: A variety of times Mamata Banerjee has proved her quality to end up being the Prime Minister of the country and that quality has been appreciated and verified by Amartya Sen.
Party representative Kunal Ghosh stated he failed to comprehend the debate.
Coalition federal government has actually been the truth in India.
We had Prime Ministers like H D Deve Gowda or I K Gujral heading union federal governments, he said.The financial expert had actually told agencies on Saturday: It is not that she (CM Banerjee) does not have the capability to do it.
She plainly has the capability.
On the other hand, its yet not established that Mamata can pull the forces of public dismay versus the BJP in an integrated method to make it possible for her to have the management to put an end to the fractionalisation in India.
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated there was no job for the PM post in the nation.
Everyone in the nation deserves to speak.
There is no job for the PM post.
People have reposed their faith in PM Narendra Modi twice, they will do it for a 3rd time in 2024.
BJPs national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said the Trinamool might not win a single Lok Sabha seat outside Bengal.
She requires to have numbers in her favour.
Does Amartya Sen understand about that? Neither Congress nor any other party is with her now.
Sen spoke from his old routine of Modi-bashing.
He is not upgraded with the developments in your home, he said.CPM and Congress worried on the requirement to join anti-BJP forces however differed with Sen on Banerjee.
There is a concerted effort to destroy our culture, custom and the Constitution in India.
There is a requirement to join the anti-BJP forces.
I do not know why he (Sen) took Banerjees name, CPM state secretary Mohammad Salim stated.
Congresss Rajya Sabha member Pradip Bhattacharya stated a united opposition to BJP might not happen without Congress.
Mamata Banerjee imagines becoming the Prime Minister of India.
She is attempting to do that without Congress.
But that will never ever be possible, Bhattacharya said.TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen scolded CPM for its views.
They are a celebration which even refused to let their own (previous CM Jyoti Basu) end up being PM.
Sen has actually just specified the inevitable, which is there for all to see.
If someone selects to shut their eyes, it is their issue, he stated.