Let Amit Shah cross Bay of Bengal, my people are Royal Bengal tigers: Mamata Banerjee at Conclave East
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, speaking during her session titled National Affairs: The Vision For An Alternative Leadership, said that she aspired to become a politician at the age of 11.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 4 said that the BJP should know that people from her state are Royal Bengal tigers.
She was speaking at the fifth edition of the India Today Conclave East in Kolkata. During her session, titled National Affairs: The Vision For An Alternative Leadership, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief addressed several questions on the Maharashtra political crisis and post-poll violence in Bengal among other issues.
Mamata Banerjee, who is the only woman chief minister in India at present, said that she aspired to become a politician since the age of 11.
“I started taking interest in politics from the age of 11 because my father was a freedom fighter and he always used to give me good advice,” Mamata Banerjee said. Asked if she ever, as a woman, felt discriminated in politics, she replied, “No, I consider myself a human being first.”
Lashing out at the led Centre, Mamata Banerjee further said, “They are not giving us [Bengal government] money. They are economically blocking us. They are using all agencies to block the West Bengal government. They even disturbed the [working of the] officers. Since I am working strongly, they are not successful. In the earlier election, Amit Shah’s slogan was ‘Abki baar 200 paar’. Aur bol bhi raha hai Bengal dakhal karega. Areh Bengal, Bongopo sagor (Bay of Bengal) paar ho, saatar kato bhalo kore (learn how to swim first). Bay of Bengal mein swimming nahi aata, aur udhar Royal Bengal Tiger hai.”
So, are you the Royal Bengal tiger, Mamata Banerjee was asked, to which she exclaimed, “I’m not. My people are Royal Bengal tigers.”
During her session, Mamata Banerjee also spoke about the new Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis. She said, “I believe this government will not continue. It’s an unethical undemocratic government.”
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