“I detect a malicious disinformation marketing campaign in some print, digital and digital media which has been unleashed on the subject of a speech that I made in our college students’ programme yesterday,” Mamata mentioned in a publish on X.
“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 assist 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 added.
Nonetheless, Mamata said that she was solely talking in opposition to the BJP-led Centre, accusing the federal government of “threatening the democracy.”
“I’ve spoken in opposition to BJP. I’ve spoken in opposition to them as a result of, with the assist of the federal government of India, they’re threatening the democracy in our State and attempting to create anarchy. With assist from Centre, they’re attempting to create lawlessness and I’ve raised my voice in opposition to them,” she mentioned.
The controversy stemmed from Mamata’s tackle on the TMCP basis day rally, the place she accused the BJP of conspiring to defame West Bengal and derail the investigation right into a latest rape-murder incident in Kolkata. Throughout her tackle, Mamata warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi that if the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) tried to instigate hassle in Bengal, it will have penalties for different states, stating, “When you burn Bengal, Assam, North-East, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Delhi too shall burn!”
In response, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala criticized Mamata Banerjee, saying that she is insulting protesters and medical doctors by suggesting that demanding justice is akin to inflicting unrest. He additional claimed that no one is secure in West Bengal besides criminals.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused Mamata of trying to impress the general public to hide her personal shortcomings.
“Didi, how dare you threaten Assam? Do not present us bloodshot eyes. Do not attempt to set India on hearth together with your politics of failure,” Sarma mentioned in a publish on X.
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh additionally condemned Banerjee’s remarks and demanded a public apology to the Northeast and the remainder of the nation.
The incident that triggered this controversy was the rape and homicide of a trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical School and Hospital on August 9. Since that night, junior medical doctors at state-run hospitals have been on a cease-work protest, demanding justice for the sufferer and strong safety measures in hospitals.
