West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for politicising the recent floods and landslides in North Bengal, calling it "unfortunate and deeply concerning."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the flood-affected Jalpaiguri in North West Bengal, on Monday. During her visit, she appealed to people not to lose courage, maintain restraint and caution.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people not to deteriorate law and order. This comes after BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh alleged that he along with Malda North MP Khagen Murmu were attacked in Nagrakata in North Bengal, while distributing relief materials for people affected by th
Rajan Chhetri, one of the affected villagers, shared the harrowing experience of losing family members and his home. "Everything has been destroyed in my house... We were 18 people, four people lost their lives in the incident... We told the BDO (Block Development Office) to make a drain.
Bhattacharya accused Banerjee of lacking sensitivity and prioritising festivities over governance during a natural disaster. He described the state government as incompetent, claiming that it learned nothing from the Amphan cyclone and lacks an effective disaster management team.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that she was "deeply worried" about the flooding in several areas of both North Bengal and South Bengal, caused by sudden heavy rains, and assured that all necessary assistance would be sent to the affected families immediately.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the DVC released 65,000 cusecs of water without prior notice to the State, with the intention of inflicting misery during festivities. She said that the state government would resist the conspiracy with full force.
The Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over a viral video showing her clapping to a song "Kaaba in my heart" at a Durga Pandal.
"BJP is just opposing the state government on social media. When there was waterlogging in Delhi and Gurugram, there was no action from the BJP. Today, they are speaking a lot about the situation in Kolkata. We condemn politicisation of such an issue," she said.