Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee kickstarts 'Mission Meghalaya'

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee kickstarted 'Mission Meghalaya' on Tuesday. Mamata Banerjee, along with AITC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, is on a three-day visit to Meghalaya, where Assembly polls are due early next year.

Addressing the party workers’ convention in Meghalaya, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said her party wants to assist the people of Meghalaya to ensure that the state is ruled by sons of the soil. She alleged that the BJP government at the Centre has neglected Meghalaya and other northeastern states.

“The central government has totally neglected Meghalaya as well as other northeastern states. We will ensure that we bring change and the hill state prospers,” she said.

Mamata also said, “There is a rumour that Trinamool is a Bengali party. If TMC is a Bengali party, then why do you play national anthem written by Rabindranath



Tagore? It is for all of India. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose gave the slogan of Jai hind. Do you call him Bengali? Do you call Nobel laureate Mother Teresa a Bengali?”

She urged people to work together. “Let us walk together on path of progress; why divide people based on caste and religion?” she said.

Mamata Banerjee also accused the BJP of stealing land belonging to Meghalaya. “Why has BJP taken land from Meghalaya? Return the land to Meghalaya. There is no security and safety of the people. Our intention is not to capture Meghalaya. Our intention is to see sons of the soil here. We are here to help you only,” the West Bengal CM said.

While addressing party members in Meghalaya, Mamata Banerjee also spoke against CAA and NRC.

“We are against CAA and NRC. See how they killed Assamese. We will not allow detention camp. Meghalaya is for Meghalaya,” the West Bengal CM said.