At Netaji occasion, Mamata refuses to talk after slogans in PM’s presence

With West Bengal headed to meeting elections, rivals TMC and BJP sparred Saturday throughout celebrations in Kolkata to mark the beginning anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Her speech interrupted by BJP supporters who raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, sharing a dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Victoria Memorial, refused to talk, saying they’d no proper to “humiliate a person after extending an invitation”.
Upset by the slogans, Banerjee advised the gathering: “I feel a government programme should have some dignity. This is a government programme, not the programme of a political party… This is a public programme. I thank the Prime Minister and the Culture Ministry for organising the programme in Kolkata. But it doesn’t behove you to humiliate a person after extending an invitation.”
Earlier within the day, the Chief Minister had focused the Centre for declaring Netaji’s beginning anniversary as Parakram Divas. Netaji, she stated, was a deshbhakt and, subsequently, the state pays tribute to him by celebrating his beginning anniversary as Deshnayak Divas.
After main a 6-km march by means of the town, Banerjee stated: “We noticed Deshnayak Divas at this time. Rabindranath Tagore known as Netaji Deshnayak. What is that this Parakram? You are constructing a brand new
Parliament, shopping for new planes, however why no memorial for Netaji?… If you didn’t wish to seek the advice of me, you could possibly have consulted Sugata Bose (Netaji’s grand-nephew, chairman of the Netaji Research Bureau and a former Trinamool MP). If your motion is mistaken, we’ll give a response.”
Prime Minister Modi, who addressed Banerjee as “behen” (sister), stated Netaji would have been proud to see that the nation is following his footsteps.
“I often wonder how satisfied Netaji would have been to see the changes in the country today, the New India that is taking shape. How would he have felt had he seen his country self-reliant in the most advanced technologies of the world? How would he have felt to see Indians right at the top in the world’s largest companies, in the field of education and at medical centres?”.
“Today, Indian forces have advanced aircraft like the Rafale and the country is manufacturing advanced aircraft like the Tejas. What would have been his feelings on seeing the country’s army so strong, receiving advanced weapons that he so wanted?” Modi stated.
“Today, if Netaji had seen how India fought the pandemic, how it readied advanced scientific solutions like the vaccine, what would have been his feelings? If he had seen how India is helping other countries with the vaccine, he would have been filled with pride.”
“The strong India of his dream is before the world today, from the LAC to the LoC. Wherever an attempt is made to challenge India’s sovereignty, India gives a befitting reply,” he stated.
“West Bengal needs to play an important role in the quest for Aatmanirbhar Bharat, just like the role that Netaji played for the freedom of the country. Aatmanirbhar Bharat has to be led by Aatmanirbhar Bengal and Sonar Bangla,” he stated.
Earlier, Modi visited the ancestral home of Netaji at Elgin Road to pay tribute. He additionally paid floral tributes at Netaji’s statue on the National Library.
Meanwhile, Banerjee’s remarks towards the Centre drew criticism from Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
After unveiling a portrait of Netaji, Dhankhar, who has been at loggerheads with the ruling TMC, stated: “Don’t oppose everything just for the sake of opposition.”

Across Kolkata, BJP leaders paid tribute to Netaji, and a number of other occasions had been organised within the districts too.
Banerjee additionally raised the demand for 4 capitals within the nation. She stated Kolkata was the capital of India underneath the British. “I believe that India must have four rotating capitals… Why should Delhi decide all things? We should have four different capitals in four corners of the country.”
She stated the Centre ought to have declared Netaji’s beginning anniversary a nationwide vacation and constructed a memorial for him. “I protest against the Centre’s decision not to declare Netaji’s birth anniversary as a national holiday… You can name any port after Syama Prasad Mookerjee… we have no objection. But I got Rajiv Gandhi to name Kolkata airport after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,” she stated.