West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the all party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying she was not invited for the event, a remark that drew sharp reaction from the BJP, which questioned her commitment to the fight against Covid-19.
Banerjee, addressing a press conference in Durgapur in West Bengal alleged that the Prime Minister has called some meeting but she has not been invited. "Had I been invited, I would have definitely attended. But I have heard that the ten states with the maximum number of Covid cases have been called for the meeting.
"Everyone knows Mamata Banerjee’ poor commitment to manage Covid pandemic in Bengal. She hasn’t attended a single PM-CM meeting called in the recent past to work a common plan citing her campaign schedule. Even though she has failed WB, today’s meeting was only for high burden States," BJP IT department head and co-incharge for West Bengal polls Amit Malviya said.
Like Kejriwal, who raised the issue of obstruction in oxygen supply to Delhi, Banerjee, too, alleged that Bengal's oxygen supply was diverted to BJP ruled state UP and asked "where will get oxygen from" arguing that the supply chain is being maintained in BJP-ruled states.
Latching on to Banerjee's remark that the oxygen produced for Bengal should be kept for Bengal, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra suggested a wage between Banerjee and Kejriwal and tweeted "So sister Mamata has said no to brother Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia (Delhi Dy CM) is only attacking Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (both BJP ruled)."
(Published 23 April 2021, 08:38 IST)
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