PM Modi’s 2nd Bengal Trip in 2 Weeks Tomorrow, Mamata Banerjee Unlikely to Attend After ‘Humiliation’ West Bengal chief minister...

PM Modi’s 2nd Bengal Trip in 2 Weeks Tomorrow, Mamata Banerjee Unlikely to Attend After ‘Humiliation’

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event to launch key infrastructure projects in Haldia district on Sunday in what will be his second visit to the poll-bound state in as many weeks.

Banerjee had been heckled by a section of the audience and is wary of a repeat of the January 23 episode, sources said, and hence, has decided to skip the event in Haldia despite being invited for it.

This is a government programme and there must be some decorum and discipline here. It should have some dignity. It is not a political programme. You cannot invite people here and insult them. I am invited and humiliated. In protest, I am not saying anything,” she had said and gone back to her seat.

PM Modi and Governor Jagdeep Dhankar were present at the event when this happened. TMC sources said that since the BJP did not even spare an event in honour of Netaji to score a political point, there was no chance that the saffron party will behave any differently on Sunday.