Mamata lashes out at Opposition for instigating violence
24 May 2015 4:36 AM IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday criticised opposition parties for allegedly “trying to disturb” peaceful atmosphere in the state by “instigating violence” and said her government would not allow division of people along religious lines.
“As long as I am alive and my government is there, I will not allow <g data-gr-id="27">division</g> of people based on religious lines. We are not in favour of those who conduct riots. We respect all religions,” she said.
“We have to understand that goons and anti-socials can't be an asset to any political party. What kind of politics is this where political leaders themselves are asking their party cadres to explode bombs and guns? This is not at all acceptable in <g data-gr-id="33">democracy</g>,” Banerjee observed.
Banerjee also criticised a section of the media for spreading blatant lies by morphing video footages. “A few days ago, I saw video footages where it was shown that in Birbhum goons were wearing all kinds of warm clothes and carrying guns. Then it struck me that the weather there is too hot...you can’t even have a shirt on your back,” she said.
“...Then it came to my knowledge that it (footage) is a very old footage, which was passed off as a recent fight in Birbhum," Banerjee added.
On the May 6 <g data-gr-id="31">Pingla</g> blast, Banerjee said that the CID was doing a good job in the investigation and that the Opposition was trying to score brownie points.
“The CID is investigating the case. We are not like the Left who influenced CID investigation. It was a blast in a fireworks factory and the police <g data-gr-id="36">is</g> looking into whether something illegal happened. There are people who might be involved in <g data-gr-id="35">anti-social</g> activity, but the administration is taking action,” she said.
Two Congress MLAs meet Mamata
Two Congress MLAs on Friday met West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, fuelling speculation that both might switch over to Trinamool. The two Congress MLA from Burdwan district’s Katwa and Malda’s <g data-gr-id="63">Ratua</g> – Rabindranath Chatterjee and Samar Mukherjee, respectively – met Banerjee at her office in the Assembly. “Both of them are MLAs from other parties and have come to meet me regarding local issues in their areas,” Banerjee said.
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