‘Minimise violence, say sorry': Mamata Banerjee’s six commandments for all TMC MLAs
On Friday, West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee gave a six-point guide to her MLAs.
On Friday, West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee gave a six-point guide to her MLAs.
Banerjee’s meeting with her legislators took place after she meet election strategist Prashant Kishor. It was the first time Banerjee handed out a corporate-style suggestion to her MLAs which included a guide note with the following salient features:
Come out of election mode
Banerjee asked her legislators to come out of election mode and focus on their jobs as public representatives. She asked all MLAs to spend more than 7 days in their respective constituencies.
Dont go into conflict, minimise political violence
Banerjee asked her MLAs to avoid political violence and conflict.
Bengal has been in the news for political violence since the elections and has received several notices from the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the situation in the state.
Don’t depend on police
Furthermore, Banerjee asked MLAs to stop depending on the local police and asked TMC legislators to fight their own political battles. She ordered them to fight their own political battles, behave properly and come out of conflict mode.
Say sorry if you’re wrong
Banerjee further asked for humility from her lawmakers and told them that if they had committed mistakes, they ought to go the people and apologise. She asked them to sit and talk to voters.
Organisation
She also asked the MLAs to set up a 4-member committee in each Vidhan Sabha constituency consisting of one social media person, one MLA, one person for routine jobs and one booth development member.
Don't make loose comments
Finally, Banerjee, urged her MLAs not to make any loose comments and also inform the party before going abroad.
With inputs from PTI