Mamata to meet ‘old and new friends’ in Delhi during Monsoon session

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday mentioned she’s going to go to Delhi during the monsoon session of Parliament and meet a number of leaders in the nationwide capital.

“I have not visited Delhi since the [West Bengal Assembly] elections. This was because of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the State. Now the situation has vastly improved. Usually, I visit when Parliament is in session and meet many old and new friends,” she mentioned.

She didn’t affirm the date of her go to, however mentioned if time permits, she’s going to name on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.

The go to assumes significance as leaders of a number of Opposition events are holding discussions on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The improvement additionally comes at a time when the current assembly between ballot strategist Prashant Kishor with Congress management has triggered loads of hypothesis in the political circles. Mr. Kishor was engaged by the Trinamool Congress in the 2021 Assembly polls and the affiliation between him and TMC has been prolonged until 2024. After the TMC defeated the BJP, the TMC chairperson has mentioned her subsequent purpose is to take away Prime Minister Narendra Modi from energy in the 2024 polls.

NHRC studies leaked to malign Bengal

The Chief Minister additionally puzzled why the NHRC report was leaked to the media. She mentioned the pre-poll violence was being projected as put up ballot violence.

“When the court gives us time, we will file affidavit and give our opinion. Instead of giving report to the court, they have leaked it outside. They should at least respect the court. The hearing has just started. We from the government have to give our opinion.” She mentioned the report was deceptive. Leaking it quantities to political vendetta as a result of the BJP has misplaced elections in the State.

In response to the same query, she mentioned she is not going to reply to a sub judice matter and mentioned the identification of those that submitted the report needs to be seemed into by the courtroom. A five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on June 18 had requested the NHRC to look into the allegations of post-poll violence and an NHRC committee submitted its report to it earlier this week.

The Chief Minister described the event as an try to malign the folks of West Bengal and give the State a nasty identify.

Commenting on the law-and-order in Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Banerjee mentioned the Prime Minister was effectively conscious of the state of affairs and requested what number of groups the Centre had despatched there.

“There is no rule of law in Uttar Pradesh. It is out of rule of law. So many incidents occurred there, from Unnao to Hathras… even journalists were not spared. As far as COVID-19 goes, they dumped bodies in the Ganga. We extricated eight bodies here,” she mentioned. “U.P is their baby, that is why they are calling it safe.”

Situation conducive for bypolls

The Chief Minister mentioned the Election Commission had sought the State authorities’s opinion on holding polls to two Rajya Sabha seats from the State.

“Our Chief Secretary has replied that the situation here is conducive to holding both the Rajya Sabha polls and also bypolls to seven Assembly seats,” she mentioned . She mentioned the bypolls will not be being held in contiguous areas and the case positivity ratio is about 1.5 %. “For instance, there are certain wards in Bhabanipur where there is not a single case.”

Ms. Banerjee is probably going to contest from Bhabanipur. She misplaced Nandigram by a slim margin of 1,956 votes. During the day, a Trinamool delegation met ECI officers in Delhi on the bypolls.