West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made tea and shared it with the locals at a stall in Duttapur village in Digha.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made tea and shared it with the locals at a stall in Duttapur village in Digha.
In a video, shared by Banerjee on Twitter, she can be seen surrounded by locals as she makes tea at a stall and serves it to local people.
"Sometimes the little joys in life can make us happy. Making and sharing some nice tea (cha/chai) is one of them. Today, in Duttapur, Digha," Banerjee wrote alongside the video.
Just enacting fake & scripted melodramatic scenes won’t save your CM chair as the reality is that you have brutalised democracy in West Bengal where more than 100 opposition political workers have been killed mercilessly by your goons. https://t.co/h4S0LcPIYp
— Mukul Roy (@MukulR_Official) August 22, 2019
1. Mukul Roy slams Mamata
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This led to a sharp rebuke from Mamata’s former number 2 Mukul Roy, who quit the party to join BJP in 2017.
He wrote: “Just enacting fake & scripted melodramatic scenes won’t save your CM chair as the reality is that you have brutalised democracy in West Bengal where more than 100 opposition political workers have been killed mercilessly by your goons.”
In another video shared by her, Banerjee can be seen interacting with locals in the area.
"Spent some time today interacting with residents of Duttapur village in Digha," she wrote.
2. Mamata backs PC
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hit out at the Centre stating that the process of arresting senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in connection with INX media case was "incorrect" and handled in a very bad manner.
Despite raising questions over process of the arrest, the TMC supremo maintained that she is not talking about the "legality into the matter".
"Sometimes the process is incorrect, I am not talking about legality. But Chidambaram is a senior politician, he is a former finance minister and home minister of this country. The way his matter has been handled is very depressing, that is very bad and sad as well," Banerjee said speaking to media persons here.
"We are very much mashing with our democracy," she added.
Chidambaram, one of the key ministers during ten years of UPA regime, was taken to headquarters of the probe agency after CBI officials scaled the boundary walls of his residence in Jor Bagh on Wednesday night to arrest him in connection with the INX Media case.
3. Mamata slams PC's arrest
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He was arrested after he failed to get relief from the Supreme Court over CBI and ED's pursuit of him. He is likely to be produced before a CBI court at Rouse Avenue today.
In 2017, the CBI had registered an FIR alleging irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was the finance minister. Based on the FIR, the ED had filed a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case against him.
Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Randeep Singh Surjewala have backed the Rajya Sabha MP against his arrest by the investigation agencies. However, the BJP leaders urged the people to leave the matter up to the court of law.
