Mamata Banerjee Says “Will not Be Attending” PM Modi’s Meet Tomorrow

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday mentioned she wouldn’t be attending assembly convened by the Centre on December 24

Kolkata:

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday mentioned she wouldn’t be attending the assembly convened by the Centre on December 24 to debate methods to commemorate the start anniversary of thinker and revolutionary chief Rishi Aurobindo on August 15 subsequent 12 months, as a part of the seventy fifth Independence Day celebrations.

Her determination got here a day after Ms Banerjee was apparently not given an opportunity to talk throughout a digital assembly of chief ministers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Chief Minister, who was addressing a gathering of presidency officers, academicians and distinguished personalities, mentioned she would have given her inputs if allowed to talk on the assembly chaired by the PM on Independence Day celebrations.

“It is not proper to politicise every thing. I will be unable to attend tomorrow’s assembly since we now have already charted out quite a lot of programmes on Rishi Aurobindo already. Please write a letter to tell that I will not be attending (the assembly),” she instructed Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi.

Earlier, eminent painter Jogen Choudhury, who was current on the assembly, protested in opposition to the “therapy meted out to the chief minister, and mentioned it was an insult for Bengal which has made important contributions to the liberty motion”.

Poet Pleasure Goswami echoed related sentiments.

The Chief Minister additionally decried alleged makes an attempt to “distort” historical past at a number of ranges, stating that “the youthful era ought to get to know info, not twisted info”.

“No matter be one’s ideology, historical past can’t be subjected to adjustments to swimsuit his or her narrative,” Ms Banerjee identified.

She mentioned {that a} separate chapter chronicling all vital occasions of our freedom wrestle ought to be integrated in class curriculum, additional asking training minister Bratya Basu to look into the matter.

The TMC boss acknowledged that programmes marking the start anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the dying anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi might be held subsequent month.

She mentioned all data and details about the liberty wrestle in state archives, in police recordsdata and elsewhere might be digitised for public data. This is able to additionally embody dossiers about Netaji.

A weeklong programme can even be held in August to mark 75 years of Independence.

The Chief Minister requested the state officers to launch a undertaking to earmark all locations of significance through the Independence wrestle and construct a tourism circuit, whereas giving assurance that “funding will not be an issue as we’re all indebted to the good little children of India”.