Taking on HM Amit Shah, West Bengal CM Mamata promises a bigger show

Kolkata: A day after Union home minister Amit Shah held a massive road show in Birbhum and attacked the state government on its failure to control political violence and administrative corruption, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee promised to hold a much bigger rally at the same place on December 29.

Local heavyweight Anubrata Mondal said that the Trinamool Congress’ roadshow in Birbhum will show the BJP what exactly a jan sailab (large crowd) is.

The party also issued a fact check of sorts countering each of Shah's claims on Bengal. It cited infighting in BJP and the criminal record of some of its MPs as reasons for political violence. It also claimed the industrial growth and per person earning were much better in West Bengal than BJP-ruled states such as UP. It also said the state was better than UP in controlling crime against women.


Attacking the home minister on the numbers he qouted yesterday, Banerjee said they were a garbage of lies, and said the state was doing well in several sectors, particularly in MSME. She promised to give a detailed reply to Shah's accusations on Tuesday.

Though the home minister had clarified on Sunday that rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act will take some time to be drafted, Banerjee said that she will continue to fight the CAA and will not let anyone leave the country.