Mamata Banerjee attacks Centre over disinvestment
Attacking the Central government over the merger of banks, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Centre is doing disinvestment and post offices across the country are now being used for advertising. The banking sector is a total mess, the West Bengal chief minister said. Further accusing the media, Banerjee said the media is only worried about the TRP.
The West Bengal chief minister also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of creating panic over NRC and said the process has led to six deaths in the state.
Addressing a trade unions' meet, the TMC supremo iterated that she will not allow NRC exercise in the state.
"NRC exercise will not be carried out in Bengal or anywhere else in the country, it was conducted in Assam due to Assam accord," she asserted.
The Assam Accord, an agreement signed in 1985 between the then Rajiv Gandhi government and the All Assam Students'
Union, had ended a six-year mass movement against immigrants alleged to have settled illegally from Bangladesh.
"Shame on the BJP for creating panic over NRC in Bengal, it has led to six deaths. Have faith in me, I will never allow the exercise in Bengal," Banerjee said, without elaborating further.
Criticising the saffron party for "undermining democratic values" in the country, the chief minister said, "Democracy exists in Bengal but it is under threat in several other parts of the country."
The BJP is not talking about job losses or the downward spiral of the Indian economy, all it wants to do is serve own political interests, she maintained.
Referring to the recent Jadavpur University fracas on September 19, she said the people of Bengal have seen what they (ABVP and BJP) did at the institute.
"They try to use wield power everywhere, bulldoze everything," Banerjee added.
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In this video: Mamata Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi
