Mamata Banerjee's Goa poll pitch: TMC = Temple, Mosque, Church

Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister's Narendra Modi's penchant for acronyms, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has come up with one for her party TMC.

Addressing party workers in Goa, where she is testing political waters, Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that TMC stands for "Temple, Mosque and Church".

The Bengal CM said her Trinamool Congress supports a multi-cultural and multi-religious state and is the only alternative to the BJP rule.

Giving a new poll slogan of 'Khel Zatlo' in Goa, the TMC chief on Monday said an anti-BJP alliance has already taken shape in the coastal state under the banner of her party TMC. She added that now it is for the Congress to decide whether it wants to join the grouping ahead of elections to take on the saffron outfit.

Mamata Banerjee said the Trinamool Congress will not allow the ruling BJP to win the elections in Goa, due in early 2022, this time.

Seeking to strike a chord with the Christian community, which has a sizeable presence in Goa, Banerjee said she has been attending Christmas midnight masses since the last 20 years without a break.

“After our government was formed, we celebrate Christmas in Kolkata in a big way. I am going to inaugurate a function (on occasion of the upcoming festival) on 20th of this month,” she said.

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Banerjee also spoke out her closeness to Mother Teresa due to which she said she was even invited to the Vatican.

Earlier, while addressing local TMC leaders, she said her party has entered the poll fray not to control the stater, but to use its experience to help Goans.

She exuded confidence that the TMC will win the Goa assembly elections and said if anyone wants to defeat the BJP, it is up to them to support her party in achieving that goal.

Terming Goa as a “cute, beautiful and very intelligent” state, Banerjee said she has a plan for the tourist state, just the way she had for West Bengal, which will be implemented within six months of the TMC coming to power here.

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