Mamata Banerjee, a fierce and vocal critic of the ruling BJP and PM Modi, condemned RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement as “an attempt to distort history.”
Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comment Thursday on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that last year’s consecration of the Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya marks “the true independence of Bharat” is an immediate response from the union government.
Junior Education Minister Sukunta Majumdar called Trinamool Congress leader an “anti-national Chief Minister” and pointed to claims from September last year – that Ms Banerjee refused to give land for the Border Security Force to build a fence along the Bangladesh border.
Earlier today, Ms. Banerjee, a fierce and vocal critic of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, criticized Bhagwat’s remarks—whose group is seen as an ideological mentor to the BJP—as “an attempt to distort history.”
“This is anti-national. I strongly condemn this dangerous remark. It should be withdrawn. This is an attempt to distort history. We are dedicated to keeping our independence intact (and) ready to sacrifice our lives for India, but not to tolerate this,” she told reporters in Kolkata.
Ms Banerjee isn’t the only senior opposition leader who has slammed Bhagwat.
