What Mamata Banerjee Said On Bangladesh Protests
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee commented that the Government of India will decide on how to address the developing unrest in Bangladesh following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s departure to India and the ongoing protests in the South Asian country. Ms Banerjee has also asked all the political parties to refrain from making provocative comments that may disrupt peace in the state or in the country.
She said some BJP leaders have already commented on it which should not have been done.
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Two weeks ago, when the protests against the jobs quota started in Bangladesh, her remarks on the Trinamool Congress-led state government providing shelter to people from Bangladesh “if they come knocking on our doors” had created a controversy. Bangladesh had lodged its protest against the West Bengal chief minister’s comment.
The BJP also criticised the TMC chief for her remark about offering shelter to those displaced by the protests and violence in neighbouring Bangladesh and accused her of hypocrisy for not doing the same for Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, or Christians who seek refuge through the CAA brought in by the Union government.
“I cannot speak anything about Bangladesh as it is another country. The Indian government will speak about that. But if helpless people (from Bangladesh) knock on Bengal’s door, we will give them shelter. There is a resolution of the UN. Neighbours will respect refugees,” Ms Banerjee had said then.
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Following massive protests that gripped the country for the past couple of weeks against the controversial quota system in government jobs, protesters today entered the premises of the Prime Minister’s residence. Videos that went viral on social media showed the protesters storming Gono Bhaban, overturning furniture and smashing glass doors inside the palace. Around 100 were killed in the brutal crackdown against the stir demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation
