Trinamul on Tuesday accused the BJP’s Pramod Sawant government in Goa of damaging its publicity materials two days ahead of Mamata Banerjee’s proposed visit to launch her party’s bid for power in the western state.
It tweeted that the BJP was never this rattled with the Congress or the AAP in Goa.
“It’s a SHAME that the @BJP4Goa govt has to resort to such cheap tactics to defame the one woman that all of #Goa is waiting for!” said Trinamul tweeted in a statement, along with several pictures of the alleged damage to the party’s publicity materials.
“Ahead of @MamataOfficial’s visit, BJP miscreants made a shoddy attempt to destroy our branding that featured Didi. Is this democratic in any way?” it asked on the microblogging site. “@BJP4Goa was never THIS RATTLED with @AamAadmiParty and certainly not with @INCIndia! Such cowardly acts are a huge misfit in Goa. Goa deserves a government that is fearless! Goa awaits a New Dawn! #GoenchiNaviSakal.”
Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar denied the charges and claimed it was a publicity stunt. “Nobody knows Trinamul in Goa. Trinamul has torn its own posters in a bid to gain publicity,” he said.
Goa is set to have its Assembly elections in February.
Trinamul insiders said this week Mamata in Goa is likely to induct some leaders from other parties, musicians Lucky Ali and Remo Fernandes, and actor-activist Nafisa Ali. She is also likely to forge alliances with some Goa-based political parties.
Trinamul has inducted former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, a veteran with four decades in the Congress, and elevated him to the post of national vice-president. After Faleiro came a number of political leaders from Goa, from various parties there. From the civil society, Trinamul has already managed to get the likes of poet N. Shivdas, filmmaker Tony Dias, environmentalist Rajendra Shivaji Kakodkar, footballer Denzil Franco, and boxer Lenny Da Gama.
Prior to Trinamul’s formal Goa plunge last month, poll consultant Prashant Kishor and 200-odd members of his team – on assignment till 2026 for Trinamul, had been seen testing the Goa waters.
