‘Trinamool now not a Bengali birthday celebration, I paintings for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

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GUWAHATI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday mentioned the TMC isn’t a birthday celebration of West Bengal or the Bengalis as projected by way of its critics however of all India.

On her maiden discuss with to Shillong in election-bound Meghalaya, Banerjee picked only the BJP for her assault.

The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constituent of the state’s ruling coalition which the Nationwide Folks’s Birthday celebration (NPP) heads.

“There’s a hearsay that the Trinamool Congress is a Bengali birthday celebration. If this is a Bengali birthday celebration, why do other folks sing the nationwide track and the nationwide anthem, which have been written by way of Bankim Chandra (Chatterjee) and Rabindranath (Tagore) respectively?” Banerjee requested.

She mentioned “Jai Hind” was once Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s slogan and that Mom Teresa had gained the Nobel Peace Prize from Kolkata. She requested if other folks would say these kinds of personalities belonged best to Bengal and now not India. 

“Why do you divide other folks at the foundation of caste and faith? Allow us to stroll, suppose and talk in combination,” Banerjee mentioned. “I’m a Bengali too and I’m happy with it. I paintings for all of India. I served in different ministries and am a seven-time former MP. You’ll be able to’t say I will not come right here as a result of I’m a Bengali,” she added.

Attacking the BJP, she mentioned the birthday celebration is “jealous” of the TMC. She mentioned the BJP had attempted its absolute best and “misused” energy within the final West Bengal elections however may now not defeat the TMC which gained by way of two/a 3rd majority. 

She criticised the Meghalaya executive at the contemporary firing incident at the Assam border that left six individuals lifeless. She visited the homes of the 5 sufferers from Meghalaya and presented monetary help of Rs 5 lakh every.

The TMC supremo promised that if TMC is voted to energy, it is going to be offering per month monetary help of Rs 1,000 every to 1 lady of each and every circle of relatives within the state.

Banerjee made a number of different guarantees, together with fixing the border dispute. “You voted for such a lot of events. Vote for the TMC this time round. Our purpose isn’t to regulate Meghalaya from Kolkata. You’re going to rule it. We will be able to advise and information you,” the Bengal CM mentioned.

Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee mentioned Leader Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, who heads the NPP, “deposited his backbone and the whole lot in Delhi”.

The TMC normal secretary additionally slammed the state executive over the border firing incident. “The sufferers’ households are shattered. No birthday celebration stood by way of them. Now not a unmarried wrongdoer was once taken to process. No one was once even known as for interrogation,” he mentioned.

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

One of the most MLAs, Himalaya Shangpliang, ditched the birthday celebration lately to sign up for the BJP.

GUWAHATI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday mentioned the TMC isn’t a birthday celebration of West Bengal or the Bengalis as projected by way of its critics however of all India.

On her maiden discuss with to Shillong in election-bound Meghalaya, Banerjee picked only the BJP for her assault.

The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constituent of the state’s ruling coalition which the Nationwide Folks’s Birthday celebration (NPP) heads.

“There’s a hearsay that the Trinamool Congress is a Bengali birthday celebration. If this is a Bengali birthday celebration, why do other folks sing the nationwide track and the nationwide anthem, which have been written by way of Bankim Chandra (Chatterjee) and Rabindranath (Tagore) respectively?” Banerjee requested.

She mentioned “Jai Hind” was once Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s slogan and that Mom Teresa had gained the Nobel Peace Prize from Kolkata. She requested if other folks would say these kinds of personalities belonged best to Bengal and now not India. 

“Why do you divide other folks at the foundation of caste and faith? Allow us to stroll, suppose and talk in combination,” Banerjee mentioned. “I’m a Bengali too and I’m happy with it. I paintings for all of India. I served in different ministries and am a seven-time former MP. You’ll be able to’t say I will not come right here as a result of I’m a Bengali,” she added.

Attacking the BJP, she mentioned the birthday celebration is “jealous” of the TMC. She mentioned the BJP had attempted its absolute best and “misused” energy within the final West Bengal elections however may now not defeat the TMC which gained by way of two/a 3rd majority. 

She criticised the Meghalaya executive at the contemporary firing incident at the Assam border that left six individuals lifeless. She visited the homes of the 5 sufferers from Meghalaya and presented monetary help of Rs 5 lakh every.

The TMC supremo promised that if TMC is voted to energy, it is going to be offering per month monetary help of Rs 1,000 every to 1 lady of each and every circle of relatives within the state.

Banerjee made a number of different guarantees, together with fixing the border dispute. “You voted for such a lot of events. Vote for the TMC this time round. Our purpose isn’t to regulate Meghalaya from Kolkata. You’re going to rule it. We will be able to advise and information you,” the Bengal CM mentioned.

Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee mentioned Leader Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, who heads the NPP, “deposited his backbone and the whole lot in Delhi”.

The TMC normal secretary additionally slammed the state executive over the border firing incident. “The sufferers’ households are shattered. No birthday celebration stood by way of them. Now not a unmarried wrongdoer was once taken to process. No one was once even known as for interrogation,” he mentioned.

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

One of the most MLAs, Himalaya Shangpliang, ditched the birthday celebration lately to sign up for the BJP.