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Mamata Banerjee backs Missionaries of Charity on adoption issue

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday tweeted her support for Missionaries of Charity’s decision to opt out of the adoption programme.

The Missionaries of Charity (MoC) adoption programme has been extremely successful, placing thousands of orphans in foster homes.

It decided to discontinue adoption work in India a couple of months ago because fresh guidelines issued by the Union ministry of women and child development were in conflict with the ideals of its founder Mother Teresa.

“We fully support Missionaries of Charity and Sister Prema in their decision to opt out of adoption programme. They have a right to do so,” Mamata Banerjee wrote on Twitter.

“Essence of India is unity in diversity. This is the pillar of our great nation,” she added.

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O’Brien said MoC’s decision to voluntarily withdraw from adoption work to uphold its principles deserved to be applauded.

“MoC has been doing a lot of good work for free. They are doing it in 139 countries headquartered out of Kolkata. We feel proud of their work. We just hope and pray that they are allowed to continue doing so without being disturbed,” Derek said.

 

Excerpted from an article published in The Times of India, 12.10.2015

Sister Nirmala lives on through her work: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister today expressed her sorrow at the passing of Sister Nirmala, who headed Missionaries of Charity after the death of Mother Teresa.

While speaking at the prayer service for Sister Nirmala, WB CM said, “Her death is a great loss for the entire of the world. She worked for humanity. Sister Nirmala dedicated her life for the poorest of the poor like Mother Teresa.”

Describing Sister Nirmala as soft-spoken and always lovable like a mother, WB CM said Sister may have passed on but she will be alive through her ideology and philosophy.

“Sister Nirmala will be remembered forever for her great work. We share our gratitude for her work with the poor,” she added.

WB CM pays her last respects to Sister Nirmala

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee paid her last respects to Sister Nirmala at St John’s Church in Kolkata.

Sister Nirmala headed the Missionaries of Charity after Mother Teresa passed away. She passed away at the age of 81 last night.

At around 12:30 PM, WB CM visited the St John’s Church. She said that she had good relations with Missionaries of Charity and that she had worked with Mother Teresa during 1992 riots.

Terming the death of Sister Nirmala as a personal loss the West Bengal Chief Minister said “Sister Nirmala was a very soft-spoken person and had worked for the poor and for world peace.” “She was very motherly. I had great respect for her,” the Chief Minister added.

The contribution of Missionaries of Charity to Kolkata and Bengal was immense, she said.

 

Earlier this morning, she had tweeted:

Derek O’Brien speaks on the insult made to Mother Teresa | Transcript

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Full Transcript: 

Only 43 people since independence has been conferred the Bharat Ratna. One of them  is Mother Teresa.

The comments made a few days ago about Mother Teresa insults the memory of Mother. She is far from being a Christian nun; she is a national icon. She is an international icon. So a statement like this, I think, insults all the 43 people who won the Bharat Ratna, and it insults our Nation.

Sir, the man who made the statement, said she converts. The interesting thing – for people like us who lived their lives in Kolkata – is that Mother Teresa is on record saying that she converts. She had said this. She had said:

“I convert Hindus to become good Hindus, I convert Muslims to become good Muslims,  I convert Christians to become good Christians.”

Follow the beautiful classical Hindu text of the Bhagvat Gita, or the Purana. We should follow these texts and not listen to some Bhagvat, because it is the wrong kind of advice he has been giving to our Nation. And the most dangerous part of this is nobody made clarifications on this issue.

Sir, I want to suggest to these kind of people to visit Nirmal Hriday, the home for the dying, or to visit Sishu Bhavan and interestingly listen to former Shiv Sena MP Mr Pritish Nandi, who lived in Kolkata.

The day this statement was made, no BJP spokesperson went on television. Why? Who is the spokesperson, we don’t know. Who is pulling the strings? All we know is that the train is going from Ahmedabad to Nagpur.

One quick point, Sir. On issues like these, there is a difference between the spiritual and the humanitarian. This is a Bharat Ratna who is being insulted. During the whole of last Session, the Prime Minister did not speak on the issue. There was nothing in the President’s Address either.

Sir, the book written on Mother Teresa was called ‘Something Beautiful for God’. God is everyone’s God. So no one should get upset.

Thank you.