Mamata Banerjee takes jibe at BJP for outraging over unavailability of venue for Amit Shah event
A day after BJP leaders cried foul over the unavailability of Netaji Indoor Stadium for the meeting of party national president Amit Shah, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday at a meeting with government employees at Nazrul Manch auditorium took potshots at BJP.
Without naming the party or any leaders, she said that although the Prime Minister and Chief Minsiter had the privilege of having the priority to get a venue even if it was pre-booked she didn’t exercise it. “I apologise to those who could not get a place to sit. Ideally Netaji Indoor Stadium would have been the best place to accommodate all but since it has been pre-booked I didn’t want to disturb the programme of those who had booked it. Why violate the law unnecessarily? There are people who would find out the days when a certain venue is booked and then intentionally put a requisition for that day. When they are refused, they go tom-tom around the town saying that the state government had denied permission, the intention is to only malign the state government,” she said at the event.
She also blamed a section of media to highlight those allegations against the government. “Then they take …read more
