As political exercise picks up tempo in West Bengal forward of Lok Sabha election, senior Trinamool Congress leaders are heaping lavish reward on social gathering chairperson Mamata Banerjee and evaluating her with saints and non secular figures.
Days after Kolkata Mayor and City Growth Minister Firhad Hakim known as Ms. Banerjee Santa Claus, West Bengal Training Minister Bratya Basu described the Chief Minister as an “incarnation of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu”.
“Chaitanya Dev always spoke of the unity of all religions. He never advocated for dividing people on the basis of religion. Similarly, Mamata Banerjee also believes in inclusiveness. She never encourages divisive politics. So if there is a perfect incarnation of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in West Bengal, it is Mamata Banerjee,” the Minister is heard saying in a video.
Two days in the past, the Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Company had described Ms. Banerjee as “our very own Santa”. “Mamata Banerjee is our very own Santa, who helps needy parents in continuing the education of their girl child through the Kanyashree scheme. When parents don’t have money to get their daughters married, she comes with a Rupashree card to help the family,” the Minister mentioned.
The remarks by ruling social gathering leaders have evoked sturdy response by the Opposition together with the BJP social gathering brass. BJP chief Dilip Ghosh mentioned that the Trinamool management was insulting spiritual figures by making such comparisons. CPI(M) State Secretary Sujan Chakraborty mentioned that these feedback are a mirrored image of how low the Trinamool management may stoop.
This isn’t the primary time that Trinamool leaders have in contrast Ms. Banerjee to non secular and religious personalities. Final yr, Trinamool MLA Nirmal Majhi had described Ms. Banerjee as an incarnation of Sarada Devi or Maa Sarada, the religious consort of Ramakrishna Paramhamsa. Biswajit Das, one other Trinamool MLA, had in contrast the Chief Minister to Sister Nivedita.