New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s gesture to reach late for the cyclone Yaas overview assembly chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and depart in haste throughout his official go to to the state and stated “this is an unfortunate example of placing political differences over constitutional duty”.
Asserting the “Prime Minister and Chief Minister are not just individuals but institutions”, Singh stated such behaviour in direction of Prime Minister Modi is “painful”.
“Today’s developments in West Bengal are shocking, the Chief Minister and Prime Minister are not just individuals but institutions. Both undertake public service resolutions and take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution,” he stated in a tweet posted in Hindi.
The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief additional stated such conduct in direction of the Prime Minister is “painful”
“This kind of behavior with the Prime Minister, who came with the wisdom of giving assistance to the people of Bengal in the time of disaster, is painful. This is an unfortunate example of placing political differences over constitutional duty, which is also going to hurt the feelings of the root of the Indian federal system,” he tweeted.
The Defence Minister’s outburst in opposition to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo comes as she arrived late for the cyclone overview assembly and left in haste regardless of the Prime Minister’s presence.
ANI reported sources near the West Bengal Chief Minister as saying that the TMC chief and the state’s chief secretary arrived late by half-hour for the cyclone overview assembly regardless of being in the identical premises. Sources added that Banerjee upon getting into the overview assembly handed over the papers associated to the cyclone affect and left stating that different conferences have been lined up and left.
Sources stated that Banerjee was requested to achieve 20 minutes later from the unique schedule and later her chopper was moved round for 15 extra minutes, including she was requested to attend when she reached because the overview assembly had began already.
“The CM along with Chief Secretary entered and greeted the PM. They spoke to each other, the CM handed over the notes of damages, took his permission and came to Digha. The PM was also told that there is a review meeting in Digha,” ANI reported sources near West Bengal Chief Minister as saying.
