On Saturday (27th July), West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury came out heavily on state Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamata Banerjee. Responding to media queries about Mamata Banerjee’s allegations that her microphone was turned off during today’s NITI Aayog meeting, Adhir Ranjan said that she was “lying”. He argued that she was getting jealous of Rahul Gandhi and that her jealousy was crossing the limit. He went on to allege that it was all a “Nautanki’ on her part. The Congress leader added that she had shared the script of the Nautanki before going to the meeting.
It is pertinent to note that the PIB has already debunked Mamata Banerjee’s allegations that her microphone was turned off during a meeting of the NITI Aayog in the national capital earlier in the day. It described her claims as “misleading” noting that “only the clock showed that her speaking time was over.”
Meanwhile, speaking to ANI about Mamata Banerjee’s allegations, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, ” The things that Mamata Banerjee is saying regarding NITI Aayog meeting, I feel like she is lying…it is very surprising if a state’s CM wouldn’t be allowed to speak. Mamata Banerjee knew what would be happening there…she had the script.”
#WATCH | On West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's allegations, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, " The things that Mamata Banerjee is saying regarding NITI Aayog meeting, I feel like she is lying…it is very surprising if a state's CM wouldn't be allowed to speak. Mamata… pic.twitter.com/K2W62ItQbc
— ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2024
He added that according to him, Rahul Gandhi has manifested (Prakat ho gaye) as the opposition leader throughout the nation and is being applauded, this has made Mamata Banerjee jealous. He said that she was getting jealous of Rahul Gandhi. He added, “Mamata Banerjee ki jalan (jealous of Rahul Gandhi) shayad thodi jaroorat se jyada ho gayi hai.”
‘Undeclared Emergency’: Adhir Ranjan writes a letter to President of India, requesting her to intervene to restore Law and Order in West Bengal
Apart from calling her a liar and jealous person, Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written a letter to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu requesting her to intervene and restore the law and order situation in West Bengal. In his letter, he cited grave concerns about the law and order situation in the state and TMC’s politics of intimidation, and terrorising the opposition parties in the state. He has referred to the Sandeshkhali incident and has accused TMC of “engineering” communal riots in Murshidabad District before the Lok Sabha elections to polarize the voters.
He emphasised that several gruesome murders of workers of opposition parties indicate the fact that there is absolutely no ‘space’ for the opposition in the State. He added that an “undeclared emergency” is prevalent in the State and thus pleaded with the President to intervene to ensure that the people of West Bengal get Justice.
In the letter, the West Bengal Congress President states, “.. It is not only disturbing but also deeply anguishing to see the anarchic condition in the State of West Bengal owing to the ruthless approach of the Ruling Party on the workers, sympathisers, and supporters of the Parties opposed to the ruling dispensation in the State.”
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes a letter to the President of India Droupadi Murmu pic.twitter.com/lJJPOuB7NU
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He added that many innocent persons lost their lives, or were jailed or taken into custody during the election phase because of the strong-handed and terror-filled attacks on workers, sympathisers, and supporters of parties that oppose the TMC.
He further stated that there were several cases in which people who were not affiliated with the ruling Party or were inclined favourably to the opposition parties in the State lost their jobs because of the strong-arm tactics of the ruling dispensation in the State – TMC.
The letter added, “It would be needless for me to highlight before you, the instances of mass violence and exploitation such as the ‘Sandeshkali incident’ and the ‘engineered’ communal riots that took place in Murshidabad District before the Lok Sabha elections in order to polarize the voters.”
In the letter, the Congress leader stated that recently on Thursday (25th July), TMC workers tied a Congress activist and thrashed the victim to death in Jalpaiguri.
He emphasised that these incidences indicate the fact that there is absolutely no ‘space’ for the opposition in the State.
The letter stated, “In effect, in the present times, it is “definitely” a situation of Undeclared Emergency that is prevalent in the State, where the exercise of Fundamental Rights by the people remains a fairy tale.”
