TMC is playing the role of opposition in New Delhi, says Mamata

Calling for unity among all the opposition parties to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that it was her organisation which was playing the role of opposition.

"It is the TMC which is playing the role of opposition...We will stay at the back but we all should unite. Let the government be strong, and the opposition be strong. The TMC doesn't want anything. The TMC wants everyone to work together," Mamata Banerjee told a rally here.

She also criticised the government at the Centre, accusing it of cheating the nation.

"There is a limit to cheating the people, a government cannot cheat. The government has to maintain transparency through its governance system," she stated.

The TMC has not seen eye to eye with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over a range of issues. On Monday, the TMC staged a protest outside the Parliament after it sought a statement from the government on a reported recovery of a diary from Sahara chief Subrata Roy figuring the name of BJP President Amit Shah.

Earlier in the day, the TMC also raised objections against Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's remarks at a rally in the national capital, and called for her resignation from the Union cabinet.