The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over cyclone Yaas grabbed many eyeballs as West Bengal CM kept waited for PM Modi and many Chief Ministers slammed her for this and also for leaving the meeting just giving him a report.
According to various report, after the incident, the Centre invoked the All India Services Rule and directed the state government to relieve chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, asking him to report at the North Block office of the department of training and personnel in Delhi on May 31.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra questioned the fuss about the incident and stated that Indians have been waiting for months for vaccines. In a tweet, she quoted – “So much fuss over an alleged 30 min wait? Indians waiting 7 years for ₹15 lakhs; waiting hours at ATM queues; waiting months for vaccines due. Thoda aap bhi wait kar lijiye kabhi kabhi…(you can also wait for a while at times).”
CM Mamta Banerjee stated that she took PM Modi’s permission before leaving the meeting which was attended by Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Debasree Chaudhuri, governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of the opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari.
She quoted – The PM should also wait sometimes, Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra said comparing this to the wait of people for vaccines and for ₹15 lakhs in bank accounts. “So much fuss over an alleged 30 min wait? Indians waiting 7 years for ₹15 lakhs. Waiting hours at ATM queues. Waiting months for vaccines due. Thoda aap bhi wait kar lijiye kabhi kabhi…”
Union minister Prakash Javadekar stated that it was a black day in India’s rich democratic heritage.
Union minister Smriti Irani said”As the Prime Minister of India is kept waiting for a meeting held to expedite assistance to the people of WB, the petulance shown by the CM of Bengal is shocking indeed. For once she could’ve put petty politics aside, the spirit of cooperative federalism is the need of the hour.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah described her conduct as an unfortunate low and Trinamool leaders blamed the Centre for indulging in political impropriety.
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