"Missionaries Of Charity's Bank Accounts Frozen": Mamata Banerjee's Tweet
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Earlier this month AFP said police in Gujarat were investigating if the Missionaries of Charity had forced girls in its shelter home to wear a cross and read the Bible
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed shock at reports that bank accounts operated by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity organisation were frozen on Saturday - Christmas Day. Shocked to hear that on Christmas, Union Ministry FROZE ALL BANK ACCOUNTS of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in India!Their 22,000 patients & employees have been left without food & medicines.While the law is paramount, humanitarian efforts must not be compromised.
In her tweet this afternoon, Ms Banerjee said it was important to enforce the law but stressed "humanitarian efforts must not be compromised". She lashed out at the centre for having shut down bank accounts and left "22,000 patients and employees... without food and medicines".
"Shocked to hear that on Christmas, Union Ministry FROZE ALL BANK ACCOUNTS of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in India! Their 22,000 patients & employees have been left without food & medicines. While the law is paramount, humanitarian efforts must not be compromised," she said.
