In a U-turn, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Sunday said his remark on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s prime ministerial prospects was made in jest, even as the opposition claimed that the statement reflected a “tacit understanding” between the TMC and the saffron party. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also claimed that the chief minister was ahead in the race among Bengalis. Ghosh’s remark showed that he was certain that the BJP would not come back to power, he added. “We have been saying this for a long time that the TMC and the BJP are playing a fixed political match in the state. Now the state BJP president himself has given a proof of it with his remarks,” CPI(M) central committee member Sujan Chakraborty said.

Source: Hindustan Times January 06, 2019 09:33 UTC