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NEW DELHI: West Bengal main curate Mamata Banerjee connected Wednesday accused Union location curate Amit Shah of behaving similar an “acting Prime Minister” and cautioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not repose excessively overmuch religion successful him.Banerjee compared Shah to Mir Zafar, the 18th-century subject wide who betrayed Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah successful the Battle of Plassey.“Shah whitethorn 1 time go his Mir Zafar. Whatever the Election Commission is doing successful the sanction of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is astatine Shah’s behest. Unfortunately, the PM is alert of each his deeds,” she said, arsenic quoted by PTI.
'Bengal is not Gujarat'
Banerjee made the remarks aft returning to Kolkata from a sojourn to the flood-affected areas of the state. Earlier, portion speaking successful Bagdogra, she launched a crisp onslaught connected PM Modi implicit his comments connected the caller span illness successful Mirik.Targeting PM Modi, Banerjee said that Bengal is "not Gujarat," referencing the 2022 Morbi span illness successful Gujarat, which claimed implicit 130 lives.“It has rained heavy crossed the state — conscionable look astatine however galore radical person died successful Uttarakhand. I won’t sanction different places, due to the fact that I don’t play authorities implicit earthy disasters,” she said, adding, “I retrieve erstwhile a span collapsed during the Left Front government. See, determination are bridges that person been lasting for 100 to 150 years.
We had already started gathering a caller span successful Mirik, and it volition beryllium inaugurated earlier the adjacent monsoon.
In the meantime, we are besides constructing a impermanent bridge, which volition beryllium completed successful 15 days.”
The main curate besides criticised the cardinal authorities implicit alleged deficiency of enactment and resources. “You bash not springiness funds to Bengal for flood relief. How does BJP marque gangly claims?” she said, portion besides taking a swipe astatine airfare hikes from Bagdogra to Kolkata. “You provided flood alleviation determination owed to elections. You volition capable your coffers for elections but you bash not person funds for floods""But you raised the Bagdogra-Kolkata airfare to Rs 18,000; a formation summons via Delhi costs Rs 40,000 now.
This is simply a horrifying behaviour of a horrifying government.”Mamata Banerjee confirmed that alleviation operations are underway successful the affected regions. “As acold arsenic the things present (flood-affected areas successful WB) are concerned, I americium sending each the alleviation materials. I sent 400 packets to Mirik yesterday. Kits are being sent to Nagrakata, Siliguri, Maynaguri, and Alipurduar. I person sent my Panchayat Minister. We are doing each alleviation works,” she said.
She besides met 21 displaced families and announced that 500 alleviation kits, including blankets, rice, dal, adust food, and milk, had been distributed.
About 1,000 stranded tourists were safely evacuated successful 45 buses.Banerjee addressed attacks connected BJP leaders Khagen Murmu and Shankar Ghosh portion they were visiting flood-hit areas, noting, “I met him (Khagen Murmu), helium is simply a small injured successful his ears. But helium is diabetic, truthful helium is nether observation.
I privation him a speedy recovery.” She besides condemned the battle connected the TMC bureau successful Tripura, with MP Saayoni Ghosh saying, “We condemn this…we are going to measure the concern and springiness a connection to our workers that they are not alone.
”The main curate said rehabilitation enactment is progressing with caller roads being built successful Rohini, a impermanent span nether operation successful Mirik, and repairs ongoing astatine Nagrakata. She promised a idiosyncratic sojourn adjacent week to oversee the alleviation efforts. “Next week I volition beryllium going again to oversee the alleviation enactment by myself. We volition besides person to marque arrangements for the jobs we person promised (to the deceased) successful the adjacent 15 days,” she said.North Bengal has been battered by floods and landslides implicit the past week claiming astatine slightest 32 lives and leaving respective missing, and stranded thousands.(With inputs from agencies)
