BJP leaders tear into Mamata for giving PM’s cyclone meet a miss
New Delhi:29.05.2021
TOI: Chennai Edition
BJP leaders, including several Union ministers, hit out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday for skipping a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Cyclone Yaas, with BJP president J P Nadda accusing her of “murdering constitutional ethos and the culture of cooperative federalism”.
Senior BJP leaders launched sharp attack on her, with Union home minister Amit Shah accusing her of putting “arrogance above public welfare”, while defence minister Rajnath Singh described her conduct as shocking and painful.
“This kind of behaviour with the prime minister, who arrived in the state with a sense of helping people of Bengal in the time of disaster, is painful. This is an unfortunate example of keeping political differences above public service and constitutional duties, which harms the basic spirit of India’s federal system,” Singh said.
Shah tweeted, “Mamata Didi’s conduct today is an unfortunate low. Cyclone Yaas has affected several common citizens and the need of the hour is to assist those affected. Sadly, Didi has put arrogance above public welfare and today’s petty behaviour reflects that.”
Nadda said Modi holds the principle of cooperative federalism “very sacred” and has been actively working with all chief ministers irrespective of their party affiliation to give relief to people but unsurprisingly, he added, Banerjee’s tactics and petty politics have once again come to haunt the people of Bengal. PTI
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