‘Trinamool not a Bengali occasion, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stated the TMC is just not a celebration of West Bengal or the Bengalis as projected by its critics however of all India.

On her maiden go to to Shillong in election-bound Meghalaya, Banerjee picked solely the BJP for her assault.

The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constituent of the state’s ruling coalition which the National People’s Party (NPP) heads.

“There is a rumour that the Trinamool Congress is a Bengali party. If it is a Bengali party, why do people sing the national song and the national anthem, which were written by Bankim Chandra (Chatterjee) and Rabindranath (Tagore) respectively?” Banerjee requested.

She stated “Jai Hind” was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s slogan and that Mother Teresa had obtained the Nobel Peace Prize from Kolkata. She requested if individuals would say all these personalities belonged solely to Bengal and never India. 

“Why do you divide people on the basis of caste and religion? Let us walk, think and speak together,” Banerjee stated. “I am a Bengali too and I am proud of it. I work for all of India. I served in several ministries and am a seven-time former MP. You can’t say I cannot come here because I am a Bengali,” she added.

Attacking the BJP, she stated the occasion is “jealous” of the TMC. She stated the BJP had tried its greatest and “misused” energy within the final West Bengal elections however couldn’t defeat the TMC which gained by two/a 3rd majority. 

She criticised the Meghalaya authorities on the latest firing incident on the Assam border that left six individuals lifeless. She visited the homes of the 5 victims from Meghalaya and supplied monetary help of Rs 5 lakh every.

The TMC supremo promised that if TMC is voted to energy, it should supply month-to-month monetary help of Rs 1,000 every to at least one girl of each household within the state.

Banerjee made a number of different guarantees, together with fixing the border dispute. “You voted for so many parties. Vote for the TMC this time around. Our intention is not to control Meghalaya from Kolkata. You will rule it. We will advise and guide you,” the Bengal CM stated.

Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee stated Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, who heads the NPP, “deposited his spine and everything in Delhi”.

The TMC common secretary additionally slammed the state authorities over the border firing incident. “The victims’ families are shattered. No party stood by them. Not a single perpetrator was taken to task. Nobody was even called for interrogation,” he stated.

The TMC had no base in Meghalaya however in November final yr, 12 of the 17 Congress MLAs jumped ship, making the Banerjee-led occasion the state’s principal opposition dramatically in a single day.

One of the MLAs, Himalaya Shangpliang, ditched the occasion just lately to affix the BJP.

GUWAHATI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stated the TMC is just not a celebration of West Bengal or the Bengalis as projected by its critics however of all India.

On her maiden go to to Shillong in election-bound Meghalaya, Banerjee picked solely the BJP for her assault.

The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constituent of the state’s ruling coalition which the National People’s Party (NPP) heads.

“There is a rumour that the Trinamool Congress is a Bengali party. If it is a Bengali party, why do people sing the national song and the national anthem, which were written by Bankim Chandra (Chatterjee) and Rabindranath (Tagore) respectively?” Banerjee requested.

She stated “Jai Hind” was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s slogan and that Mother Teresa had obtained the Nobel Peace Prize from Kolkata. She requested if individuals would say all these personalities belonged solely to Bengal and never India. 

“Why do you divide people on the basis of caste and religion? Let us walk, think and speak together,” Banerjee stated. “I am a Bengali too and I am proud of it. I work for all of India. I served in several ministries and am a seven-time former MP. You can’t say I cannot come here because I am a Bengali,” she added.

Attacking the BJP, she stated the occasion is “jealous” of the TMC. She stated the BJP had tried its greatest and “misused” energy within the final West Bengal elections however couldn’t defeat the TMC which gained by two/a 3rd majority. 

She criticised the Meghalaya authorities on the latest firing incident on the Assam border that left six individuals lifeless. She visited the homes of the 5 victims from Meghalaya and supplied monetary help of Rs 5 lakh every.

The TMC supremo promised that if TMC is voted to energy, it should supply month-to-month monetary help of Rs 1,000 every to at least one girl of each household within the state.

Banerjee made a number of different guarantees, together with fixing the border dispute. “You voted for so many parties. Vote for the TMC this time around. Our intention is not to control Meghalaya from Kolkata. You will rule it. We will advise and guide you,” the Bengal CM stated.

Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee stated Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, who heads the NPP, “deposited his spine and everything in Delhi”.

The TMC common secretary additionally slammed the state authorities over the border firing incident. “The victims’ families are shattered. No party stood by them. Not a single perpetrator was taken to task. Nobody was even called for interrogation,” he stated.

The TMC had no base in Meghalaya however in November final yr, 12 of the 17 Congress MLAs jumped ship, making the Banerjee-led occasion the state’s principal opposition dramatically in a single day.

One of the MLAs, Himalaya Shangpliang, ditched the occasion just lately to affix the BJP.