Mamata defends inclusion of celebrities in LS candidate list
12 March 2014 12:05 AM GMT
TMC's list of candidates, which contained names of several film and cultural personalities, was criticised by Left parties and Congress, who alleged that the party banked on stars at the expense of grass-roots leaders to see it through the general elections.
Banerjee countered this by saying that they had been nominated because she wanted them "to have a say in national politics. The new faces have been inducted to give a truly representative look to the list of candidates".
The West Bengal Chief Minister was talking to reporters at the NSCB Airport before leaving for Delhi where she would address a joint rally tomorrow with anti-graft activist Anna Hazare at Ram Lila Ground to kickstart the campaign for TMC candidates.
Putting her full faith on Dev, the matinee idol of Bengali cinema who has been fielded from Ghatal in West Midnapore district, she said, "Dev will win. The youths should be given opportunity in politics. No one becomes politician overnight." The Ghatal seat was last won by CPI's Gurudas Dasgupta, she said.
"I want more and more young people to come into politics. If the younger generation is not encouraged, then who will manage the affairs (in the country) in the future?" she asked as Dev stood besides her.
Banerjee countered this by saying that they had been nominated because she wanted them "to have a say in national politics. The new faces have been inducted to give a truly representative look to the list of candidates".
The West Bengal Chief Minister was talking to reporters at the NSCB Airport before leaving for Delhi where she would address a joint rally tomorrow with anti-graft activist Anna Hazare at Ram Lila Ground to kickstart the campaign for TMC candidates.
Putting her full faith on Dev, the matinee idol of Bengali cinema who has been fielded from Ghatal in West Midnapore district, she said, "Dev will win. The youths should be given opportunity in politics. No one becomes politician overnight." The Ghatal seat was last won by CPI's Gurudas Dasgupta, she said.
"I want more and more young people to come into politics. If the younger generation is not encouraged, then who will manage the affairs (in the country) in the future?" she asked as Dev stood besides her.
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