AMN
Asking people of West Bengal not to support the BJP, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blamed the saffron outfit of dividing people in the name of religion.
She said that her party does not believe in the BJP’s Hindutva which divides people. “This is not Hinduism. BJP is trying to defame Hinduism”, she stressed
They create communal tension in the name of religion. She said that she is a Hindu and she loves and respect all religions. she said that her government would not tolerate communal flare-up in the name of religion.
“We do not believe in the BJP’s Hindutva which divides people. They are not Hindus. They defame Hinduism. They create communal tension in the name of religion,” she said at a public meeting in Coach Bihar
The Chief Minister was apparently responding to the BJP’s accusation yesterday that her government was preventing Hindus from observing religious festivals like Ram Navami and pursuing politics of minority appeasement.
, “Now the central government is planning Aadhaar card for cows. I think they have lost their mind. Tomorrow, they will say Aadhaar card is necessary to buy meat, eat fish, to put lip stick, to wear saree and salwar kameez. We are not going to tolerate this. I am sure that people of Bengal will respond to it.”
“Aamar Cholbo Nutun Korey…Cholbo Ek Nutun Surey (We will begin a new journey… with a new song),” she added.
BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya had stated that the party would oust the TMC government through people’s movement if the latter continued with the minority appeasement policy. Mamata mocked that the Centre was even talking about Aadhaar cards for cows.
Commenting on the Teesta water sharing dispute, she said, her party loves Bangladesh. But if they give Teesta water, North Bengal will not get water. They have given an alternative proposal.