It was hardly few weeks ago, Kejriwal referred to Banerjee as his “elder sister” and said “even if she fights elections against me or slaps me I will not stop respecting her. I am not concerned with who leads the opposition but our country should benefit”.

But to everyone’s amusement, on Wednesday, the Delhi chief minister, who is in Goa tore into the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC. While addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said: “I think you people give a lot of importance to TMC. I think TMC doesn’t have even a 1% vote share as of now. It came to Goa only 3 months back, democracy doesn’t work like this. You need to work hard, you need to work among people.“

He also added further, “You might give a lot of importance to TMC but I don’t think it stands anywhere in the race.“

Arvind Kejriwal seemed frustrated with Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, who is leaving no stone unturned to expand its footprint across the country and has set its eyes on Goa.

The outburst was bit uncharacteristic of Kejriwal as both Banerjee and Kejriwal are known to share bonhomie. The two have also participated in election rallies of one another and publicly expressed support on numerous occasions. Both of these parties have become opponents in Goa, where the AAP and Trinamool have come face-to-face, with Mamata Banerjee’s party posing a direct threat to the Congress.

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