Irked by ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan, Mamata refuses to share dais throughout Vande Bharat Express inauguration

By Express News Service

KOLKATA: Irked by the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan on the digital inauguration occasion of West Bengal’s first Vande Bharat Express by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to share the stage at Howrah station.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was current on the occasion, was seen making an attempt to regulate the BJP supporters and requested them to chorus from shouting slogans. He pleaded with Mamata and requested her to come back on the dais which she refused.

Governor CV Ananda Bose was seen interacting with Mamata. The Bengal CM even refused to ship a speech. But, nevertheless, following repeated requests from the governor, Mamata delivered a quick speech expressing her condolences over the dying of Modi’s mom.

A political slugfest erupted over the difficulty of the slogan. Firhad Hakim, a minister in Mamata’s cabinet, stated the BJP supporters intentionally shouted the slogan to annoy the chief minister. ‘’Jai Shri Ram must be stated in a temple or home with a pure thoughts. But the BJP supporters are utilizing this slogan to annoy our chief minister. Had we wished we may have stopped them instantly. But we consider in political courtesy,’’ he stated.

This just isn’t the primary time Mamata expressed her discontent over elevating the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan. In 2021, on the event of celebrating the birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, the place Modi and different Union ministers had been current, BJP supporters raised the slogan as quickly as Mamata appeared on the stage. Expressing her displeasure, Mamata stated the federal government programme ought to observe sure decorum. ‘’It is sudden to insult any invited particular person at such an occasion. So, in protest, I refuse to say something right here. Jai Hind. Jai Bangla,’’ she stated in her temporary tackle.

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The occasion took a political flip as quickly because the BJP supporters shouted the slogan and in retaliation, TMC supporters shouted Trinamool Congress zindabad (lengthy reside TMC).

Throughout the programme, Mamata sat on a chair adjoining to the dais. ‘’I categorical my condolences over the demise of Heeraben Modi, the mom of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sir, I wish to request you to point out your love to your mom by way of your act,’’ she stated in her temporary speech.

BJP MP Locket Chatterjee stated the slogan was raised when the Prime Minister appeared on-line to inaugurate the categorical practice. ‘’The slogan was not raised to annoy the chief minister. No one ought to discover politics in it,’’ she stated.

KOLKATA: Irked by the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan on the digital inauguration occasion of West Bengal’s first Vande Bharat Express by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to share the stage at Howrah station.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was current on the occasion, was seen making an attempt to regulate the BJP supporters and requested them to chorus from shouting slogans. He pleaded with Mamata and requested her to come back on the dais which she refused.

Governor CV Ananda Bose was seen interacting with Mamata. The Bengal CM even refused to ship a speech. But, nevertheless, following repeated requests from the governor, Mamata delivered a quick speech expressing her condolences over the dying of Modi’s mom.

A political slugfest erupted over the difficulty of the slogan. Firhad Hakim, a minister in Mamata’s cabinet, stated the BJP supporters intentionally shouted the slogan to annoy the chief minister. ‘’Jai Shri Ram must be stated in a temple or home with a pure thoughts. But the BJP supporters are utilizing this slogan to annoy our chief minister. Had we wished we may have stopped them instantly. But we consider in political courtesy,’’ he stated.

This just isn’t the primary time Mamata expressed her discontent over elevating the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan. In 2021, on the event of celebrating the birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, the place Modi and different Union ministers had been current, BJP supporters raised the slogan as quickly as Mamata appeared on the stage. Expressing her displeasure, Mamata stated the federal government programme ought to observe sure decorum. ‘’It is sudden to insult any invited particular person at such an occasion. So, in protest, I refuse to say something right here. Jai Hind. Jai Bangla,’’ she stated in her temporary tackle.

ALSO READ | PM Modi just about flags off Howrah-NJP Vande Bharat categorical

The occasion took a political flip as quickly because the BJP supporters shouted the slogan and in retaliation, TMC supporters shouted Trinamool Congress zindabad (lengthy reside TMC).

Throughout the programme, Mamata sat on a chair adjoining to the dais. ‘’I categorical my condolences over the demise of Heeraben Modi, the mom of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sir, I wish to request you to point out your love to your mom by way of your act,’’ she stated in her temporary speech.

BJP MP Locket Chatterjee stated the slogan was raised when the Prime Minister appeared on-line to inaugurate the categorical practice. ‘’The slogan was not raised to annoy the chief minister. No one ought to discover politics in it,’’ she stated.