November 8, 2015
Victory of tolerance over intolerance: Mamata Banerjee on Bihar results
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the BJP combine’s defeat in the Bihar assembly elections was a “defeat of intolerance”.
“Congratulations Nitish Kumarji, Laluji and your full team, and all my Bihar brothers and sisters,” the Trinamool Congress tweeted. This, she said, was a “victory of tolerance, defeat of intolerance”.
On October 25, Mamata Banerjee had made an appeal to the people of Bihar to re-elect Mr Nitish Kumar as the CM.
“Request you all in Bihar to please vote to re-elect Nitish Kumar ji as CM for greater need of our country & development in State,” she had tweeted.
On behalf of the party, National Spokesperson and Leader of the party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien said: “BJP loses. India saved.”
Tweet from Mamata Banerjee:
Congratulations @NitishKumar ji, Lalu ji & your full team. And all my Bihar brothers & sisters. Victory of tolerance, defeat of intolerance
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) November 8, 2015
