Buddha snubs 'juvenile' Mamata
Says Trinamool Chief's demand for his arrest on red war uncalled for.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seems to have regained his combative instincts as was evident on Monday when he described Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee���s demand for his arrest as ���juvenile disorder������ .
Banerjee had alleged that the law and order in the state is at its worst whenever the CM is away. ���I don���t reply to such questions (on Banerjee���s reported charge ). It is a case of juvenile disorder,������ Bhattacharjee told reporters here. He even went on to state that he did not take the TMC leader ���seriously������ .
To a question on the TMC chief���s opposition to the joint operations against Maoists, he said, ���It is unfortunate. A Union minister should not speak such language, especially when the Prime Minister himself has called the Maoist threat as the greatest challenge to internal security .
When the PM himself is making an observation, ministers should follow,������ he said. ���I have been trying to avoid comments on what the railway minister says. I don���t take it seriously,������ he said. He also took a dig at the Trinamool slogan of Ma, mati, manush, that Banerjee keeps repeating , and said, ���It���s not a political slogan... it���s the name of a jatra.������
Bhattacharjee, who had been keeping away from the capital, in fact, appeared a different man on Monday in comparison to the last six months when he, like the rest of his party in West Bengal, looked beaten by the Trinamool���s success. His body language at the press conference here after he met the PM exuded the same confidence that was reflected during the Left���s heyday when it gave outside support to the UPA-1 regime.
Banerjee had alleged that the law and order in the state is at its worst whenever the CM is away. ���I don���t reply to such questions (on Banerjee���s reported charge ). It is a case of juvenile disorder,������ Bhattacharjee told reporters here. He even went on to state that he did not take the TMC leader ���seriously������ .
To a question on the TMC chief���s opposition to the joint operations against Maoists, he said, ���It is unfortunate. A Union minister should not speak such language, especially when the Prime Minister himself has called the Maoist threat as the greatest challenge to internal security .
When the PM himself is making an observation, ministers should follow,������ he said. ���I have been trying to avoid comments on what the railway minister says. I don���t take it seriously,������ he said. He also took a dig at the Trinamool slogan of Ma, mati, manush, that Banerjee keeps repeating , and said, ���It���s not a political slogan... it���s the name of a jatra.������
Bhattacharjee, who had been keeping away from the capital, in fact, appeared a different man on Monday in comparison to the last six months when he, like the rest of his party in West Bengal, looked beaten by the Trinamool���s success. His body language at the press conference here after he met the PM exuded the same confidence that was reflected during the Left���s heyday when it gave outside support to the UPA-1 regime.
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Bhattacharjee took on Banerjee by openly ridiculing her while praising the PM, home minister and the finance minister. He met them all during his two-day trip to Delhi. In fact, Bhattacharjee���s digs at Banerjee and his high praise for the PM here certainly looked like a fine attempt to create a wedge between the alliance partners (Trinamool Congress and the Congress) that had been sparked off by the Siliguri episode last month.Download
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