West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed
the Narendra Modi government alleging that the Prime Minister was now “playing
war games” at the time of general elections.
After leading a rally on the city streets to mark the International Women’s Day,
the All India Trinamool Congress chairperson during an address at Esplanade
alleged the Modi government after siphoning the national treasures though
note-ban and destroying the constituents national institutions like RBI, CBI, was
‘responsible’ for theft of Rafale files.
” What the ( BJP) government did in last five years years to check the terrorists
attack at Pathancot, Uri and Pulwama. We do not want now the Modi government
to play any more the war war games. When the new government would form it will
fight terrorists and restore peace in J & K’ , Ms Banerjee declared amid cheers from
the audience.
Railing slogans ” Modi hatao desh bachao” Ms Banerjee said the BJP government’s
time has come to expire and it will spell end at the end of 2019 general polls.
She also claimed that during 2016-2018 in two years some 2 crore people have
been rendered jobless after the demonetisation and the union government one after
another destroyed many national constituent institutions and lastly theft the Rafale file.
Ms Banerjee announced that her party would ensure nearly 35 per cent winning
members in parliament would be from women.
Earlier leading a walk on foot from the Shraddhananda Park in central part of the
city to Esplanade, about 2.5 kms, Ms Banerjee led the rally where a ig chuck of
participants were women,
Besides, Ms Banerjee, some of her women cabinet colleagues and have taken
part in the rally, which had hand written placards denouncing the Narendra Modi
government at the centre and appreciating development works of the state ruling
party, particularly for women of the society.
After coming to power in 2011, the Mamata Banerjee led government laid a
major emphasis on the empowerment of women, including Kantasree, in the state
due to which numerous projects and schemes have been launched.
The rally also choked the city streets in the busy hours as hundreds of vehicles
were stranded on BB Ganguly Street and Lenin Sarani leading to Esplanade. (UNI)
