Shatrughan Sinha is a member of the Trinamool Congress. (File)
Patna:
Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Monday stated he would like to see West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the following Prime Minister of the nation.
Mr Sinha, who’s a member of the Trinamool Congress, headed by Ms Banerjee, made the assertion in response to a question as to how he noticed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as a potential Prime Ministerial candidate.
“It would be very good for the country that at a time when we also have a woman as the President, we had a woman as the Prime Minister too. A firebrand leader like Mamata Banerjee, who has a mass base, would fit the bill,” he informed PTI in an interview.
Mr Sinha, who represents Asansol within the Lok Sabha, nevertheless, hastened so as to add “who would be the Prime Minister is a decision that would be taken at an appropriate time. My point is to underscore that we, in INDIA, have no dearth of talent.”
“We have youth icon Rahul Gandhi, in whom the nation sees its future. We have the modern day Chanakya – Sharad Pawar. And of course, we have firebrand mass leader Mamata Banerjee. In contrast, the BJP-led NDA has none except Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” asserted the actor-turned-politician.
Mr Sinha, who give up the BJP 4 years in the past and remained with the Congress for a quick interval earlier than becoming a member of the Trinamool, additionally asserted, “It does not behove the Prime Minister to mock our alliance with the use of terms like ‘ghamandia’ (proud).”
“He speaks of issues like corruption and nepotism to criticize the opposition coalition. As a former NDA insider, I wager that the BJP and its allies are second to none when it comes to nepotism. And their stand on corruption got exposed when they allied with those accused of corruption in Maharashtra by the PM,” stated Mr Sinha.
On the flying kiss controversy, Mr Sinha stated he was stunned on the allegation levelled in opposition to Rahul Gandhi by Union minister Smriti Irani “who respects me a lot as a senior in the acting profession, though unlike me, she never made it to films and remained confined to TV serials.”
“I too was present in the House at the time. No such gesture was made. I wonder why Irani, who has matured over the years, made such an allegation,” stated the famous person of yesteryears, including, with a touch of mischief, the Urdu couplet “kuchh tho majbooriyan rahi hongi, yunhi koi bewafa nahin hota (there must have been some pressing compulsions, one does not become unfaithful just like that)”.
The former Patna Sahib MP, who represented the seat overlaying his dwelling city for 2 consecutive phrases, till dropping it in 2019, asserted that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav have been “absolutely right” in taking exception to PM Modi’s declare {that a} new AIIMS has been arrange in Darbhanga.
He additionally deplored PM Modi’s ‘khooni khel’ (recreation of blood) jibe at Ms Banerjee claiming it “betrayed the frustration over the thrashing received by the BJP in Panchayat polls, which saw the TMC registering a record win”.
“We adore Mamata Banerjee and call him didi (sister). What an ugly thing to say about her at a time when the country is gearing up for Raksha Bandhan festivities,” Mr Sinha added with a rhetorical flourish.
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