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JAMALPUR/MEMARI(East Burdwan): Unfazed by the second EC notice to her, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said it appeared that the state was “under Article 356” (central rule), alleging it wasn’t the EC, but Union home minister Amit Shah who was running Bengal.
“Ete amar kichhu eshe jay na (I’m not bothered by it),” Mamata said, referring to the fresh notice against her, adding that she would respond that “she was with people, still remains with people and continue to do so in the future.” She maintained that she would keep speaking against central forces as long as they “they work for BJP”, and salute them “the moment they stop working for BJP”.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, wanted to divide Bengal on communal lines like the British had done in 1905.
At her four rallies in South 24-Parganas and Hooghly and road show in Howrah, Mamata repeatedly asked the people to keep alive the tradition of communal harmony in Bengal.
She quoted Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, narrated an anecdote about Swami Vivekananda and invoked Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa to make her point.
“The BJP wants to divide Bengal in two. Can you recall the Banga Bhanga Movement (against the 1905 partition of Bengal)?” she said at her rally in Tarakeswar, Hooghly.