At a meeting today, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bypassing the federal system and insulting state chief ministers. She said that the Prime Minister did not provide any financial assistance or even encourage any Chief Minister to talk.
“This was not one-way contact… it was one-way humiliation… One country, all humiliation,” Ms. Banerjee said, adding that she had attended multiple Covid meetings but had missed a few.
“Is the Prime Minister so afraid of losing power that he refuses to listen to the Chief Ministers? Why is he so frightened? Why did he call us if he didn’t want to hear the Chief Ministers? He allowed some District Magistrates to talk and humiliated the Chief Ministers in the process “Ms. Banerjee, who recently won a third term in Bengal after an all-out struggle that was seen as a direct confrontation between her and the Prime Minister, said.
She said that the Prime Minister never inquired about the supply of beds, vaccines, or oxygen, or about the condition of Covid patients infected with a black fungus. “We’re humiliated, ashamed,” she said again, adding that she had come to the meeting prepared to raise a number of concerns.
“How many states were represented. No one was able to comment. What do they think? Are we bonded laborers or puppets? Just they matter? They are totally demolishing the federal system,” she said, accusing the Prime Minister of being “arrogant” and “casual.”
The 66-year-old, who is widely regarded as one of the most strong opposition figures in the world following her stunning victory in the assembly elections over the BJP’s massive election machine, frequently emphasized what she called an “insult” to the country’s federal system.
“I don’t claim to speak for all chief ministers. But what is happening is tyranny, like martial law,” added the Chief Minister, who was named a party to the Narada bribery case and accused of inciting “violence” in an extraordinary step by the Central Bureau of Investigation “.
On Monday, two of her ministers were arrested in the case after Governor Jagdeep Dhankar gave his approval for their prosecution. The CBI has been accused by Ms Banerjee and her faction of not following proper procedures.
Today, the Chief Minister made a passing reference to the subject, saying, “They sent central teams when stuff happened in our state. In Uttar Pradesh, how many central teams were sent ?”
“We are a riverine nation,” she said, adding, “and the situation in the UP… of bodies streaming in rivers… is a very serious situation.” They poisoned the Ganga in order to hold no record (of Covid), and they say nothing has happened in Uttar Pradesh. They have completely demolished Ganga Mai. You can not be forgiven by nature “.
When “young people are dying,” she also accused the central government of “making buildings and monuments, smashing this, constructing that” – a nod to the Central Vista project in the heart of Delhi.
“On this day ten years ago, I took my first oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal, promising to serve the people of the state as we charted a new course for the state’s growth… I’m grateful to Maa-Mati-Manush for their unwavering faith in me. I promise to carry Bangla to even higher heights “Ms. Banerjee continued.
