Mamata Banerjee's call for federal front a mirage: BJP

KOLKATA: BJP today termed as mirage Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's call for a federal front of regional parties and claimed that the country has decided its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was the only alternative to the 'misrule' of Congress.

"Federal Front is a mirage which will vanish. The people of the country are now looking for an alternative and leadership, which will not vanish. And that alternative is the BJP and Narendra Modi," BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh Singh told PTI here.

Singh also criticised Banerjee for her comment yesterday that BJP always differentiated between Hindus and Muslims.

"Just like Akhilesh Singh Yadav it is high time for Mamata Banerjee, who came to power with a huge mandate, to introspect why her popularity is slowly decreasing," he said.

"It is due to the appeasement policies of the state government for a particular community. The BJP believes in a strong and united India," said Singh, who is co-incharge of BJP in in the state.

Renewing her call for a federal front of non-Congress and non-BJP political parties, Mamata Banerjee had yesterday lashed out at the BJP, saying her party did not want 'a government of rioters' and announced that TMC would go it alone in the Lok Sabha elections.