You Cannot Digest Your Defeat, Says Mamata Banerjee To PM: Top 10 Quotes

The Union authorities focused me yesterday by giving out selective information. News that was one-sided and there was no method of discovering out what the entire story is. So, I made a decision to carry this press briefing to allow you to all know what happened overall.

I had made plans to go to cyclone-hit areas. I needed to journey to Sagar and Digha to see the injury brought on by Cyclone Yaas. All my plans had been made and prepared, then all of a sudden we get a name that Prime Minister desires to go to Bengal to evaluate the state of affairs after the cyclone. So, we made plans accordingly.

We had been made to attend for 20 minutes and had been informed that the PM’s helicopter will land there, so we waited patiently. By the point had been reached the place the place the PM-Chief Minister assembly was to be held, we discovered that the PM had already arrived there a while in the past and that there was a gathering occurring.

We had been requested to attend outdoors, informed that there can be no entry in the intervening time as a result of a gathering is happening. We waited patiently for some time. Then, after we requested once more, we had been informed that nobody can enter for the following one hour.

Then somebody informed us that the assembly has moved to a convention corridor, so the Chief Secretary and I made a decision to go there. After we reached there, we noticed the PM was in a gathering with the governor, central leaders and even some MLAs of the opposition occasion.

This was clearly towards the transient. It was supposed to be only a PM-Chief Minister meeting. So we determined to submit our report back to the PM after which with the Prime Minister’s permission we went to Digha. I sought the Prime Minister’s permission thrice. I mentioned, ‘Sir, along with your sort permission, might I please depart? We have to go to Digha for evaluation and the climate can be not too good.” Solely then did we depart.

There have been some vacant seats, however there was no want to sit down as we had been leaving for Digha. Subsequent we see {that a} photograph has been given to the press of vacant seats. That isn’t accomplished.

Each time the central authorities targets me like this. When the PM reviewed in Gujarat, Odisha, different states, opposition occasion members weren’t current. However in Bengal, opposition leaders had been current. Each time you come right here, you do one thing to disturb the functioning of our authorities.

Why do you humiliate us? Why do you goal us? Why do you disturb us? Solely since you can’t digest the truth that you misplaced the election in Bengal? If the PM tells me to the touch his ft in return for his assist to Bengal, I’m prepared to do even that for the folks of Bengal and the betterment of Bengal, however please don’t play these soiled political video games. Don’t punish Bengal like this. Don’t insult and humiliate the Chief Secretary, who’s working laborious.

I enchantment to the House Minister to take again this letter calling again the Chief Secretary. Why are you concentrating on him? By doing this you might be insulting all Chief Secretaries throughout the nation – in all states. Do you suppose the IAS, IPS and different civil providers do not need a foyer? Don’t insult or problem them. They work very hard.