Written by: Express News Service
1 min readKolkataFeb 4, 2010 02:55 AM IST
First published on: Feb 4, 2010 at 02:55 AM IST
Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee,in a noble gesture on Wednesday,cancelled her rally at Esplanade,following the demise of State Power Minister Mrinal Banerjee.
The mass rally,which was underway at Esplanade against alleged CPM-backed violence across the state,was called off midway as news broke about the minister’s death.
“We decided to suspend our political programmes since one of the ministers in the state has passed away. Even when Jyoti Basu died,our leader Mamata Banerjee had called for a three-day national mourning and cancelled all party programmes,” said Subrata Bakshi,senior Trinamool leader.
According to Trinamool sources,Banerjee was about to leave home for the rally when the news of the CPM minister’s death came. She immediately cancelled her rally. Party leaders were already on the stage giving fiery orations against the state government. However,the programme was immediately stopped. Leaders on the stage made a formal announcement declaring the reason.
Recently,Banerjee had faced criticism for remaining absent from the ‘final journey’ of Basu.
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