Mamata Banerjee deplores attempts to rake up troubles

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed concern over the mass exodus of the north-eastern people in the wake of Assam violence and urged the people not to listen to rumours.

Mamata had attended a huge congregation for Eid namaz at Red Road on Monday morning and urged the people to maintain peace and harmony and ignore rumours. "We don't support this (read violence).

We will give all support to those who have taken shelter in Jalpaiguri district. These people are our guests, we have given them shelter. If some of those who have taken shelter in Jalpaiguri, don't want to return to Assam immediately, we will continue to provide them shelter," the chief minister said.

Mamata also claimed that her government had taken up several programmes for the uplift of the minorities since they came to power in West Bengal last year. "The budget allocation for minority welfare had been increased by 80 per cent.

Many political parties had promised before elections that they will take care of the minorities. But in reality, many of them later neglect the minorities . But Trinamool Congress is trying hard to keep the promises it had made to the minority population," she said, adding that her government will set up complexes for minorities in every district. ends.