Government using brute force to scuffle voices of dissent in Kashmir: Mamata

Banerjee dared the Centre to arrest her for raising her voice against the government, asserting that she "will not bow down before the BJP".

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Kolkata | Updated: August 28, 2019 09:52 PM IST

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The government is using brute force to scuffle all voices of dissent in the Valley,” Mamata Banerjee said while addressing a students rally in Kolkata. (Source: File)

Hitting out at the Modi government over the clamdown in Kashmir, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused it of using brute force to scuffle the voices of dissent in the Valley. “What is going on in Kashmir? The government is using brute force to scuffle all voices of dissent in the Valley,” she said while addressing a students rally in Kolkata.

She also accused the government of appointing “yes men” at the top of important institutions. “All the institutions are headed by retired persons, who have no accountability. They are just following orders of the government like ‘yes men’,” the chief minister said.

Banerjee dared the Centre to arrest her for raising her voice against the government, asserting that she “will not bow down before the BJP”.

Banerjee has, on several occasions, criticised the detention of the three former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir after its special status was scrapped. “We don’t know where Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti & Omar Abdullah are presently,” she said.

Citing the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to transfer of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the Centre, the chief minister said the reserve money of the central bank has also been exhausted due to the ruling BJP government.

Banerjee said the Central government was either threatening Opposition leaders or buying them out with money. “It (central government) is after Bengal now, as we are opposing its policies and divisive politics, ” she added.

The country is heading towards presidential form of government, and there will be no place for democracy, Banerjee said. “The central government is either threatening opposition leaders or buying them out with money. It is after Bengal now, as we are opposing its policies and divisive politics,” she added.

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