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By Suryagni Roy: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union minister Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday heaped praises on Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she should have been the prime minister of India.
Subramanian Swamy said that Mamata Banerjee is someone who cannot be blackmailed. “Mamata Banerjee should be Prime Minister of India. She is a gutsy woman. Look at how she fought the communists for 34 years. Look what she is doing now,” the BJP leader said during an event in Kolkata.
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“I do think that the country needs a genuine opposition which cannot be blackmailed by people in power,” Swamy said.
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“I know a lot of people today. They will not go beyond a point against the present government. Because they are afraid that ED will turn up or something else will turn up. That’s not good for Indian democracy,” the BJP leader added.
The former MP also said that India needs an opposition which is “not a friend” of the ruling party. Swamy also said that it is “impossible to blackmail” Mamata Banerjee.
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