New Delhi, Apr 12 (UNI) Trinamool Congress today raised the issue of reported “threats” to the life of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and took strong objections that one BJP leader from the State has announced booty of Rs 11-lakh for the ‘head’ of Trinamool Congress chief. The issue was raised in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour by Dum Dum Member of Parliament Saugata Roy. He said such statements should be condemned in strongest term. The Member’s contentions were supported by several other Members including from Congress and CPI-M. “Mamata Banerjee is not only a popular and elected Chief Minister. She is also a former Member of the House,” Mr Roy said. Among others P Karunakaran and A Sampath of CPI-M were up on their feet and tried to say something. Congress member Jyotiraditya Scindia said the government should not only condemn such remarks but should also take appropriate action against such individuals. Congress floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge said such threats against a “woman Chief Minister” was uncalled for and should be condemned. Making a brief intervention amid the din, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said, “Such statements from any individual is wrong and is condemned”. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said this is not for the first time such statements have come. “Often such statements are heard from either side. These are wrong,” she said adding “as people’s representatives we also must apply restraint”. BJP youth leader Yogesh Varshney reportedly issued the outrageous threat while hitting out at the Chief Minister over police “lathi-charge” on a rally held on Sunday to mark Hanuman Jayanti in Birbhum, around 180 km from Kolkata. Alleging that people were beaten up brutally by the police, the youth leader described the Chief Minister as a “demon” and reportedly said, “When I saw the video, I only had one thought… that if anyone gets me Mamata Banerjee’s head I will give him 11 lakh”. UNI
BJP youth leader publicly describes Chief Minister as “demon
Kolkata, Apr 12 (UNI) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth leader in West Bengal, Yogesh Varshney, has publicly described Chief Minister of West Bengal as “demon” and has also announced a reward for those who will cut off her head.
Mr Varshney, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, issued the outrageous threat while hitting out at the Chief Minister over police action on a rally held on Sunday last to mark Hanuman Jayanti in Birbhum district and announced an 11 lakh rupee reward for her head. . Alleging that people were beaten up brutally in a baton-charge by the police, the youth leader described the Chief Minister as a “demon” and said, “When I saw the video, I only had one thought… that if anyone gets me Mamata Banerjee’s head I will give them 11 lakh. ”
Condemning this All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Saugata Roy in Lok sabha raises the issue of BJP Youth leader issuing bounty on Mamata Bannerjee’s head
Mamata Banerjee is not just the Chief Minister of Bengal, she is also a leader who has emerged from the grassroots, Mr Roy said.
He said strong action must be taken against people who try to make provocations of these nature.
In the Rajya Sabha AITC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy condemns BJP Youth leader’s bounty on Mamata Banerjee’s head
“One activist of the ruling party at the Centre in West Bengal has publicly described the Hon. Chief Minister of West Bengal as “demon” and has also announced a reward for those who will bring the head of the Hon. Chief Minister, of Rs 11 lakh,” he said. Mr Roy said, “I urge upon all the honourable Members of this House to request the government to condemn this incident because it appears from this fact that the ruling party at the Centre is trying to unleash a reign of terror in West Bengal in the name of religion and other things.”
This should be stopped, otherwise the entire country will be engulfed in such tendencies, which would a danger for our parliamentary democracy. I urge upon the government to condemn this incident, he said,
Mr Ray questioned a constitutionally elected Chief Minister has been called a “demon” and an award has been announced for her head. How can it be done by a ruling party activist? This should be condemned and I urge upon the ruling party to condemn the incident.
“This is a case of political patronage,” he added.
“Special attention needed for woman protection cow can be protected by not woman in this country,” Jaya Bachchan remarked.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has disowned the comment, saying: “I condemn this type of statement. The state government can take proper action”
There have been clashes recently during rallies organised in the state to mark Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti. Four people were injured after a bomb was hurled at a Hanuman Jayanti rally UNI
One can threaten but cannot scare me: Mamata
Domkal (WB): In wake of a BJP youth wing leader announcing a bounty on her head, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said one can threaten or call her names, but cannot scare her.
Without naming anyone, Banerjee said, “They can abuse me, vilify me and conspire against me. They can abuse me as much as they want. I pray to God to forgive them. They do not know what they are saying. I will not say anything more.”
In an apparent reference to the Hindutva brigade, she told a public meeting here, “If anyone says that being a Hindu I can’t go to a mosque or a church, it cannot be so. I am committed to the people. I am committed to protect everyone. There is no use threatening me. “The more you threaten or call me names, the more I will proceed… Your criticism will be blessings for us. That will help us move forward. Now we are in Bengal. We will move to Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and then to Delhi,” she said.
She also reiterated that the people would decide what they want to eat or what they wear. No political party can decide that, she said and asked the people not to get provoked by any instigation.
“Do not fall prey to false propaganda spread through the Internet and social networking site. Social networks have been used to spread false rumours in lieu of money. Huge funds from abroad are coming in for this. “Don’t be scared. Always remember that I am there as your biggest custodian,” Banerjee said. (PTI)