Mamata Banerjee made the remarks at an occasion of Trinamool Congress’s college students’ wing yesterday
Kolkata:
A day after the BJP accused her of threatening medical doctors protesting in opposition to a medico’s rape and homicide of a Kolkata hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed a “malicious disinformation marketing campaign” unleased in opposition to her.
“Let me most emphatically make clear that I’ve not uttered a single phrase in opposition to the (medical and so forth.) college students or their actions. I completely help their motion. Their motion is real. I by no means threatened them, as some persons are accusing me of doing. This allegation is totally false,” she stated in a put up on X.
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“I’ve spoken in opposition to BJP. I’ve spoken in opposition to them as a result of, with the help of the Authorities of India, they’re threatening the democracy in our State and making an attempt to create anarchy. With help from Centre, they’re making an attempt to create lawlessness and I’ve raised my voice in opposition to them,” she added.
Addressing the inspiration day occasion of Trinamool Congress’s college students’ wing, the Trinamool chief had urged medical doctors protesting in opposition to the August 9 incident at RG Kar Medical School. Whereas medical doctors in most components of the nation have returned to work after the Supreme Courtroom arrange a Nationwide Process Power to suggest steps to make sure medical doctors’ security on obligation, these in Kolkata are nonetheless protesting in demand of justice for the sufferer.
Addressing them, the Chief Minister yesterday stated, “We didn’t act in opposition to you after you protested as a result of I perceive you might be upset. However please be part of work step by step. Supreme Courtroom has stated that the state authorities can now take motion. I do not wish to take motion as a result of I would like them to check correctly. If get an FIR registered, their future will likely be destroyed, they will not get an opportunity wherever, they will not get passports and visas. If I take authorized motion, their lives will likely be destroyed. I do not need that, our authorities has a human outlook, we wish to create extra medical doctors with this human outlook.”
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She additionally questioned why the CBI was but to make a breakthrough within the case even after 16 days of taking on the investigation from Kolkata Police following a courtroom order.
Final night, BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi advised the media that the Chief Minister had threatened medical doctors with phrase play.
“After deceptive the probe, destroying proof and shielding accused, a brand new technique to threaten medical doctors has emerged. Heed the Chief Minister’s phrases. She says she would not wish to register FIRs (in opposition to medical doctors) in order that careers will not be destroyed. Mamata Banerjee has threatened medical doctors with phrase play,” he stated.
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The protesting medical doctors responded that their motion will not cease. Authorities on the RG Kar Medical School knowledgeable that each one their companies are functioning.
The Chief Minister additionally clarified the usage of the phrase “phonsh kora”, which prompted state BJP chief and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar to shoot off a letter to Residence Minister Amit Shah.
Addressing the get together occasion yesterday, she invoked an anecdote by mystic and social reformer Ramakrishna Paramhansa. “As soon as, a snake went to Ramakrishna Paramhansa and stated, ‘You could have requested me to not chunk, however once I do not, folks they hit me with stones.’ Ramakrishna replied, ‘I’ve requested you to not chunk, however I’ve stopped you from hissing and scaring them’.”
“Your work within the coming days is to unmask conspirators and scare them,” she added.
Referring to the remarks, Mr Majumdar wrote that the Chief Minister had “shamelessly incited the gathering”. “That is nothing lower than a blatant endorsement of revenge politics from the very best workplace within the state,” he stated.
In her word right this moment, Ms Banerjee stated, “I additionally make clear that the phrase (‘phonsh kara’) that I had utilized in my speech yesterday is a quote from Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. The legendary saint had stated that sometimes there’s want to lift one’s voice. When there are crimes and prison offences, voice of protest needs to be raised. My speech on that time was a direct allusion to the nice Ramakrishnite saying.”