West Bengal | Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that the BJP-led government at the Center will continue for six more months and Lok Sabha elections will be held in the country in February-March next year. Addressing a rally in Jalpaiguri for the panchayat elections, Banerjee said the Border Security Force (BSF) should work in an impartial manner as “the BJP may not be in power tomorrow”. He claimed, “The next Lok Sabha elections will be held in February-March in 2024.
The tenure of the BJP government is only for six months. At the rally, Banerjee announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each and jobs to the next of kin of those killed in alleged BSF firing in border areas. She said, “I am not blaming all BSF officers. They guard our borders. But BSF should work impartially because tomorrow BJP may not be in power, but they have to keep doing their work.
Mamata had on Monday accused the BSF of intimidating voters in the border areas at the behest of the BJP, to which the central force reacted strongly saying it was “far from the truth”. Voting for the Panchayat elections will be held in West Bengal on July 8.
