The News National Bureau :
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the Trinamool Congress-led state government would provide shelter to people from violence-hit Bangladesh “if they come knocking on our doors”.
Mamata Banerjee said, “I should not be speaking on Bangladesh since that is a sovereign nation and whatever needs done it is a subject matter for the Centre. But I can tell you this — if helpless people come knocking on the doors of Bengal, we will surely provide them shelter.There is a resolution of the UN. Neighbours will respect refugees.”
The Trinamool Congress supremo was addressing a mega ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally of the Trinamool Congress amid heavy rain in Kolkata.
“I assure all cooperation to Bengal residents whose relatives are stuck in violence-hit Bangladesh,” she added.
Mamata Banerjee also lauded Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was present at the programme, for his party’s performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh.
“The government at the Centre won’t last long. This is not a stable government and will collapse soon,” she said.
“The ‘Khel’ (game) you played in UP should have forced the BJP government (in UP) to resign, but the shameless government is continuing in power by misusing agencies and other means,” the Trinamool Congress chief added.
At the rally, Akhilesh Yadav said, “The people of Bengal have fought with the BJP and left them behind, the same happened in Uttar Pradesh… The people sitting in the government in Delhi are in power only for a few days. ‘Woh sarkaar chalne wali nahi hai, woh sarkaar girne wali hai’ (that government is not going to last many days, itwill fall soon.”
