There will be no polls in future if this 'dictatorial' govt returns: Mamata Banerjee at Oppn meet
Patna Jun 23: There will be no more elections in future if this "dictatorial" government returns, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee warned on Friday while asserting that leaders of all non-BJP parties have decided to unitedly fight the saffron party in 2024.
"If this dictatorial government returns this time, there will be no elections in future," she said at a press conference.
"We are united, we will fight unitedly. Do not call us the opposition, we are patriotic and we love 'Bharat Mata'. We also feel the pain when Manipur burns. The BJP is running a government dictatorially," Banerjee asserted.
The TMC supremo said the first meeting of opposition leaders was organised in Patna as "whatever starts from Patna, takes the shape of the public movement".
"We resolve that we all are united and will fight unitedly against the BJP," she said and added that "the BJP wants to change history, but we will ensure history is saved".
Banerjee, who was accompanied by TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other party leaders, said at the press conference that "it was a good meeting" where several chief ministers had come.She termed the 'atrocities' committed by the BJP government as "terrible" and said the regime is targeting opposition leaders who speak up against them.
"The ED, CBI and other agencies are put behind opposition leaders like 'chhupa rustom'. They file cases against the opposition leaders who speak against them. This should not happen. They do not bother about unemployment, common people, atrocities committed against Dalits, women, or the economy which is being destroyed," she alleged.
The West Bengal chief minister reiterated that the BJP government at the Centre is behaving like a dictator and "we will have to fight together and oppose the 'kala kanoon' (black law)", an oblique reference to the Delhi ordinance for which AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is seeking the support of all parties.
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IPL mega auction to be held in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on November 24, 25: BCCI
New Delhi, Nov 5: The mega auction ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24 and 25, the BCCI announced on Tuesday.
This is the second successive year the auction is being held overseas as Dubai hosted the previous one ahead of the IPL 2024.
The player registration officially closed on Monday and a total of 1,574 cricketers (1,165 Indian and 409 overseas) have been signed up for the auction, which will clash with the third and fourth day’s play of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth, which begins on November 22.
Each franchise will be able to form a maximum squad of 25 players (including respective retained players), and a total of 204 slots will be up for grabs from the auction.
The list includes 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players and 30 players from the Associate Nations.
Among capped players, 48 are from India. Moreover, 965 uncapped players of the country will also be part of the auction.
This year’s auction will feature some high-profile India stars such as Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Arshdeep Singh.
The 10 franchises will collectively have around Rs 641.5 crore to spend for the available 204 slots.
Out of those 204 slots, 70 are earmarked for overseas players.
As of now, 46 players have been retained by the 10 franchises with cumulative expenditure of Rs 558.5 crore.
Each franchise was allocated Rs 120 crore to build their squads but after the retention process, which was announced on October 31, Punjab Kings have the biggest purse -- Rs 110.5 crore.
The Punjab outfit retained just two uncapped players -- Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 9.5 crore.
Rajasthan Royals, under Sanju Samson, have the smallest purse of Rs 41 crore after retaining six players.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have also retained six players but they have a remaining purse of Rs 51 crore.
