My dharna is as Trinamool leader, not as chief minister: Mamta

Kolkata (IANS)| West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has clarified that her two-day sit-in protest, which began on Wednesday, against non-payment of central dues to the state government on various heads, is being led by her as a representative of the Trinamool Congress, not her. that as Chief Minister. He said- I have two portfolios together. The first is from the Chief Minister of West Bengal. So I have to see whether the people of the state are deprived or not. I have another portfolio as the National President of All India Trinamool Congress. Now Trinamool Congress is the ruling party in the state. That’s why I am organizing this program on behalf of the party and not on behalf of the state government. I am doing double duty. I want to make it clear that not a single penny is being spent from the State Government exchequer for the operation of this programme.

Incidentally, last week, when Banerjee announced her decision to organize this sit-in demonstration, she said that she would participate in the movement as chief minister. Incidentally, it was then believed that the Chief Minister would stage a sit-in protest at the base of BR Ambedkar’s statue in New Delhi. However, later he himself clarified that the event would be held at the Ambedkar statue on Red Road, Kolkata.

Shubhendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, said that perhaps the Chief Minister realized later or was alerted by his party colleagues that as per the provisions of the Constitution no one sworn in for that chair should participate in such a sit-in demonstration. can take “Our chief minister has no regard for constitutional provisions,” he alleged.

–IANS