Mamata says section of media has been bought
6 Sept 2014 6:04 AM IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that a section of the media was running a negative campaign about the state’s education system and other areas even though a ‘lot of improvement’ had taken place in the last three years.
Charging that a section of the media was ‘purchased’, she said, ‘Those who make no contribution to society have no moral right to advise others’ and that ‘such forces only try to vitiate the atmosphere in their own interest’. Speaking at a Teachers’ Day programme organised by the Education Department, Banerjee said a section of the media was crossing all limits to create a division between students and teachers and between parents and the authorities in educational institutions.
‘But they will not succeed in spreading canards and suppressing facts,’ the chief minister said.
Urging the people not to believe in these campaigns, she said, ‘This is not the real picture of the state. We have improved a lot in the last three years. There may be some scattered incidents, but they can’t be generalised. Police and administration are there to look into them.
Charging that a section of the media was ‘purchased’, she said, ‘Those who make no contribution to society have no moral right to advise others’ and that ‘such forces only try to vitiate the atmosphere in their own interest’. Speaking at a Teachers’ Day programme organised by the Education Department, Banerjee said a section of the media was crossing all limits to create a division between students and teachers and between parents and the authorities in educational institutions.
‘But they will not succeed in spreading canards and suppressing facts,’ the chief minister said.
Urging the people not to believe in these campaigns, she said, ‘This is not the real picture of the state. We have improved a lot in the last three years. There may be some scattered incidents, but they can’t be generalised. Police and administration are there to look into them.
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