BJP Heavyweights Absent During Calamities: Mamata Banerjee's Nephew

Abhishek Banerjee said that while PM Modi has announced financial help for the family of the victim, the Trinamool Congress government already extended monetary aid to the families of the victim.

Taking a swipe at BJP heavyweights from Delhi who had visited homes of the poor in West Bengal during the assembly polls, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said they are conspicuous by their absence when calamities strike the state. Mr Banerjee made the remark after visiting the homes of those who were killed in lightning strikes on Monday. He also said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced financial help for the family of the victim, the Trinamool Congress government already extended monetary aid to the family members of the victims. "Those who had eaten lunch on banana leaves sitting at homes of the poor and clicked photographs during the polls, are nowhere to be seen now," Mr Banerjee said, apparently referring to the likes of Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda. "But, our leader Mamata Banerjee and her soldiers always rush to the aid of people in every situation," the former chief of the party's youth wing asserted.