Tagore’s land will never allow hate politics to overpower secularism: Mamata Banerjee
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During a rally in Bolpur, the Chief Minister of Bengal branded Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty as a “BJP man” and stated he plans on destroying the wealthy heritage of the hallowed establishment by “importing divisive and communal politics inside its campus”.
Iterating that the BJP is a “party of outsiders”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that the land of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore will never allow hate politics to overcome secularism.
Ms. Banerjee, throughout a rally in Bolpur, branded Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty as a “BJP man” and stated he plans on destroying the wealthy heritage of the hallowed establishment by “importing divisive and communal politics inside its campus”.
“Those who don’t respect Mahatma Gandhi and other icons of the country are taking of building ‘Sonar Bangla’ (Golden Bengal). Rabindranath Tagore has already created ‘Sonar Bangla’ several decades ago, all we need to do is to protect the place from the communal onslaught of the BJP,” Ms. Banerjee stated throughout her handle, following a four-kilometre roadshow in Bolpur.
Hitting out at Visva-Bharati V-C, the feisty TMC boss stated “attempts to destroy Tagore’s cultural abode have to be resisted with all might”.
“I feel bad when I see efforts are on to pursue communal politics at Visva-Bharati. The V-C there is a BJP man, he is trying to tarnish the heritage of this institution by practising communal politics,” the Chief Minister claimed.
Talking in regards to the latest defections from the TMC, Ms. Banerjee stated saffron camp could have purchased a couple of MLAs, however it may well never purchase her get together.