Centre targeting Arvind Kejriwal, Bengal ministers to silence Opposition: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Written by Atri Mitra

Kolkata | November 1, 2023 05:27 PM IST

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (File)

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During a press conference in Kolkata Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked the Centre claiming that it was targeting AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and Bengal ministers to silence the opposition.

When Banerjee was asked about the arrest of Bengal Forest Minister Jyotipriya Mallick in the ration scam, she said, “This is a political question. This is not the appropriate platform to answer. My party will answer. Of course, he is our minister. Do you know how we worked for digital ration cards? How we cancelled one crore false ration cards? For other legal questions, I will not answer. They will defend themselves… Arvind (Arvind Kejriwal) ko bhi notice bheja (Arvind has also been sent a notice). Five to six MPs are saying that their phones have been hacked…”

She then added, “Let them (the Centre) continue to do it. We cannot humiliate our motherland. We will watch. Let us tolerate what we can tolerate.”

Banerjee also said that the TMC protest over MGNREGA dues will continue. She concluded, “We will wait till December 16, then we will announce our next course of action.”

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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