Trinamool can’t be scared to submission by the CBI and the ED: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee addressed a public meeting in Sabang in Paschim Medinipur district on Wednesday. He also walked for 2 km in a rally. Yesterday’s rally was a curtain-raiser for the annual July 21 Shaheed Divas.

He said, “I have never seen so many people attending my meetings, the way you have gathered here today”.

He appealed to the people to felicitate the old-timers. “I get greetings everywhere. Now it is time for you to felicitate the old-timers in Trinamool, who have been with the party right from the start”.

About July 21, Sahid Divas, he said, “July 21 (‘ekush’) is not just a date, there is a lot of our emotion involved with the date. ‘Ekush’ signifies a flood of change, a storm of destruction, followed by renewal”.

About threats to Trinamool Congress, he said, “The more people try to scare Trinamool, the stronger would it become”.

He appealed to veteran leaders of Congress and other parties to join Trinamool. “Congress is bereft of principles and good ideals”.

He said those who at one time walked around with red flags are now in saffron garbs.

“Trinamool can’t be scared to submission by the CBI and the ED”, he concluded, referring to the Centre’s move to come down on party leaders with false cases.

 

CBI আর ED দিয়ে তৃণমূলকে রোখা যাবে নাঃ অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

গতকাল পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুরের সবং এ ২১ শে জুলাইয়ের প্রস্তুতি সভায় বক্তব্য রাখেন তৃণমূল যুব কংগ্রেসের সভাপতি অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। এদিনের জনসভায় প্রচুর জনসমাগম হয়।

এদিন কর্মীদের উদ্দেশ্যে তিনি বলেন, “যারা প্রথম দিন থেকে তৃণমূল করছেন, তাদের প্রত্যেককে সংবর্ধিত করুন, আমরা অনেক সংবর্ধনা পাই, আর নয় এবার কর্মীদের সংবর্ধিত করুন”।

২১ শে জুলাই প্রসঙ্গে তাঁর বক্তব্য “২১ শুধুমাত্র একটি তারিখ নয় ২১ আমাদের আবেগ, অহংকার। ২১ মানে বৃষ্টি, বাদল, প্লাবন”।

বিরোধীদের উদ্দেশ্যে তিনি বলেন, “লাল পতকা নিয়ে যারা ঘুরত তারাই আজ গেরুয়া পাঞ্জাবি পরে ঘুরছে। বাংলার প্রতিটি দেওয়াল লিখন করুন ‘ছদ্মবেশী ও পদ্মবেশী হতে সাবধান’ আর কংগ্রেস দলের তো কোনও নীতি নেই। তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসেকে যত তাতাবেন, যত চমকামবেন, তৃণমূল ততই শক্তিশালী হবে। CBI আর ED দিয়ে তৃণমূলকে রোখা যাবে না”।

 

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TMYC President takes part in a padayatra at Sabang

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TMYC President at the Sabang meeting

Image courtesy Sandip Singha 

Trinamool will win in all the 16 seats in Pujali: Abhishek Banerjee

Trinamool Youth Congress President Abhishek Banerjee today took part in a padayatra in Pujali, South 24 Parganas, while campaigning for the municipal polls of the Pujali Municipality. The four km padayatra which started from Pujali Oriental More and continued till Chhoto Battala on the Sunday morning saw thousands of people walking along with the fiery youth icon.

Abhishek Banerjee said that Trinamool will win in all the 16 wards of the Pujali Municipality. He said that the opposition will be washed out. Trinamool has no fear, the more Trinamool will be threatened, it will be more strong, he said.

Abhishek Banerjee said that Pujali did not see and development during the Left rule. 80% of the water supply project has been completed in the area, he said. He stressed on the development of the area and said that the Hindutwa factor will not work here. He asked all party workers to work united against the combined opposition force.

বিরোধীরা দাঁত ফোটাতে পারবে না: অভিষেক ব্যানার্জি

বিরোধীরা দাঁত ফোটাতে পারবেন না পূজালি পুরসভায়। এবারও তৃণমূলই জিতবে। ২০ মে পূজালিতে তৃণমূলের বিজয় মিছিল বেরোবে। রবিবার পূজালির ওরিয়েন্টাল মোড় থেকে প্রায় ৪ কিমি পায়ে হেঁটে ছোট বটতলা পর্যন্ত মহামিছিল করেন সাংসদ অভিষেক ব্যানার্জি। তার পর ছোট বটতলাতেই তিনি সভা করেন। সেই সভাতেই তিনি এই ঘোষণা করেন।

এদিন সভায় তিনি বিরোধীদের বিরুদ্ধে রীতিমতো তোপ দাগেন। বলেন, ‘‌পূজালির ১৬টি আসনেই জিতবে তৃণমূল। বিরোধীদের কোনও অস্তিত্বই থাকবে না। তারা দাঁত ফোটাতে পারবে না।’‌ তৃণমূল সাংসদ সাফ জানিয়ে দিলেন, এবারও বিরোধীশূন্য করেই পূজালিতে ঘাসফুল ফুটবে। তিনি সিবিআই দিয়ে তৃণমূলকে ভয় দেখানোর জবাবে বলেন, ‘‌যতই ভয় দেখান না কেন, তৃণমূল ভয় পায় না। এখানে ভয় দেখিয়ে তৃণমূলকে হারানো যাবে না। তূণমূলকে ধমকালে–‌চমকালে তৃণমূলের শক্তি আরও বাড়বে।’‌

তাঁর অভিযোগ, ‘‌বাম আমলে পূজালির কোনও উন্নয়নই হয়নি। তৃণমূল এসে এখানে জলপ্রকল্পের কাজ ৮০ শতাংশ শেষ করেছে। পূজালির মানুষ উন্নয়ন চান। আর এখানে সেই উন্নয়নই হয়েছে। প্রচুর টাকার উন্নয়নের কাজ হয়েছে এই পুরসভায়। তাই কোনও হিন্দুত্ব তত্ত্ব এখানে চলবে না। মানুষ তৃণমূলকেই ভোট দিয়ে জেতাবেন।’ তিনি এদিনও ঐক্যবদ্ধ লড়াইয়ের ওপর জোর দেন। বলেন, ‘ঐক্যবদ্ধভাবে লড়াই করে এই পুরসভার প্রতিটি আসনেই জিততে হবে।’ এদিন তিনি অভিযোগ করে বলেন, ‘এখানে বিরোধীদের গোপন আঁতাত তৈরি হয়েছে। সামনে যা–ই দেখাক না কেন, ভেতরে ভেতরে সিপিএম, কংগ্রেস ও বিজেপি আঁতাত করে লড়াইয়ে নেমেছে।’

এদিন তাঁর সঙ্গে ছিলেন বজবজের বিধায়ক অশোক দেব, শওকত মোল্লা, গৌতম দাশগুপ্ত প্রমুখ।

Abhishek Banerjee exhorts the Hills people to bring Trinamool Congress to power

Trinamool Yuva Congress all-India Chairperson Abhishek Banerjee has called for ousting the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Hills. He was speaking at a rally at the Sports Authority ground in Mirik near Darjeeling on Wednesday, January 20.

He began by congratulating the people for coming in droves to hear him speak, and said that he would go back and assure Trinamool Congress Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee that it is only a matter of time before the party come to power there.

He said that for a long time GJM chief Bimal Gurung has been fooling the people of the Hills, and so is the BJP. Now the time has come for removing them from power. As an example of how the Trinamool Congress works for the people, he cited the case of Bhaichung Bhutia, who, despite losing in the Lok Sabha elections, has worked tirelessly for the people there.

Unlike the BJP, he said the Trinamool works for the development of the State – the way things have changed for the better in the last five years is proof of that. The Trinamool Congress Government has given Rs 15 crore for renovating the lake in Mirik, and make it a better attraction for tourists.

He ended by once again exhorting the people to make sure that they vote Trinamool Congress to power.

 

অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় পাহাড়ের মানুষকে ডাক দিলেন তৃণমূলকে ক্ষমতায় আনার  জন্য 

তৃণমূল যুব কংগ্রেস সর্বভারতীয় সভাপতি অভিষেক বন্দ্যপাধ্যায় পাহাড় থেকে মোর্চা এবং বিজেপিকে উৎখেপনের ডাক দিলেন। তিনি মিরিকের স্পোর্টস অথরিটির মাঠ থেকে বক্তৃতা দিচ্ছিলেন গত বুধবার।

উনি মানুষদের ধন্যবাদ দিলেন বহু বাধা অতিক্রম করে তার সভায় আসার জন্য। এখন তিনি ফিরে গিয়ে তৃণমূল সভানেত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়কে আশ্বাস দিতে পারবেন যে তৃণমূলের পাহাড়ে ক্ষমতায় আসার শুধু সময়ের অপেক্ষা।

তিনি বললেন যে বহুদিন ধরে মোর্চা এবং বি জে পি পাহাড়ের মানুষের চোখে ধুলো দিয়ে এসেছে। এখন সময় এসেছে তাদের পাহাড় থেকে উৎখেপন করার। তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস চিরকাল মানুষের পাশে থেকেছে। উদাহারণ হিসেবে বললেন যে ভাইচুং ভুটিয়া লোকসভা নির্বাচন হারা সত্ত্বেও পাহাড়ের মানুষের জন্য কাজ করে এসেছেন।

তৃণমূল চিরকালই মানুষের জন্য কাজ করে এসেছে – গত ৫ বছরের কাজ কাজ দেখেই তা নির্ধারন করা যায়। মিরিক লেকের সংস্ক্রণের জন্য ১৫ কোটি টাকা দিয়েছে।

শেষে অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় আবার পাহাড়ের মানুষকে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসকে ক্ষমতায় ফেরানোর জন্য বললেন।

 

Congress is CPM’s ‘B team’: Abhishek Banerjee at Garbeta

Congress is CPI(M)’s ‘B’ team in the state and in Delhi it is vice versa, Trinamool Youth Congress President and MP Abhishek Banerjee said. He was addressing a meeting of party activists at Garbeta in Paschim Medinipur.

The TMYC President has been holding meeting in the districts at a stretch and Tuesday’s meeting saw a huge gathering making it a mass rally.

Abhishek laid stress on the developmental wave undertaken by the State Government under Ms Mamata Banerjee and asked people to see for themselves the change that has taken place within a space of four years.

The TMYC President pointed out that Garbeta had been suffered under the dictator-like rule by the CPM.  Mamata Banerjee had realised that to bring back democracy in Bengal, it was necessary to oust the CPM and as a result, Trinamool Congress was born in 1998, he said. He pointed out that the oppressed people of Paschim Medinipur had answered the call of Mamata Banerjee and driven out the Left from the Paschim Medinipur district in a democratic way.

The young Trinamool MP pointed out that what the Trinamool-led Government in Bengal could do in four years, the Left government did not achieve 10% of that in 34 years.

 

কংগ্রেস হল সিপিএমের বি-টিম: গড়বেতায় বললেন অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

মঙ্গলবার পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুরের গড়বেতায় একটি জনসভায় উপস্থিত ছিলেন যুব কংগ্রেসের সভাপতি অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। সভামঞ্চে তিনি বলেন, ‘এ রাজ্যে কংগ্রেস সিপিএমের ‘বি-টিম’ এবং দিল্লিতে সিপিএম কংগ্রেসের’।

গত মঙ্গলবার যুব কংগ্রেসের সভাপতির এই জনসভায় বিপুল জনসমাগম হয়েছিল।

গত ৪ বছরে মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের অধীনে রাজ্য সরকার দ্বারা গৃহীত উন্নয়নমূলক কাজগুলির কথাও উল্লেখ করেন। তিনি বলেন, ‘সিপিএমের স্বৈরাচারী শাসনের স্বীকার হয়েছিল গড়বেতা’।

এদিন অভিষেক বলেন, ‘মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় বুঝেছিলেন যে বাংলায় গণতন্ত্র প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে গেলে বাংলাকে সিপিএমের অপসাশনকে মুক্ত করতে হবে। তাই তিনি ১৯৯৮ সালে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস তৈরি করেছিলেন। পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুরের নিপীড়িত মানুষ মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের ডাকে সারা দিয়ে গণতান্ত্রিক পদ্ধতিতে পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুরকে সিপিএম মুক্ত করেছেন’।

তিনি আরও বলেন, ‘তৃণমূল সরকার গত ৪ বছরে যা কাজ করেছে গত ৩৪ বছরে সিপিএম তার ১০ শতাংশও করতে পারেনি’।

WB CM gives away Gatidhara cheques to unemployed youths

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today distributed cheques for the Gatidhara Scheme to 1000 unemployed youths who had applied for self-employment by buying commercial vehicles with help of the State Government.

The objective of the Gatidhara scheme is to generate self-employment in transport sector by providing financial assistance. A person applying for the assistance under the scheme will get maximum Rs 1 lakh to buy a vehicle.

The State Transport Department has set up 1,300 centres across the state to help unemployed youth avail the Gatidhara scheme.

In a bid to help more youths avail the scheme it was important to set up as many possible centres from where they would get necessary information and at the same time submit their application forms.

How to apply

To apply for the scheme, unemployed youth aged between 20 to 45 years has to get enrolled with the employment exchange. People working in the 1,300 centres will not only help the applicants to apply for the Gatidhara Scheme, but also help to get them enrolled with the employment exchange.

The applicants will also get assistance of Gatidhara felicitators to get their road permit from the state transport authority (STA) or regional transport authority (RTA) under the scheme and registration number of their vehicles without facing any trouble.

What next?

After applicants get necessary clearances from STA or RTA and sanction letter for the financial assistance from West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (WBTIDCL), it is the task of the felicitators to pursue for faster disbursement of loan from any bank, financial institution or non-banking financial companies in favour of the applicants. The financier will help by providing the remaining amount to buy the vehicle.

The felicitators will also ensure that all the beneficiaries write “With financial support of Government of West Bengal under Gatidhara scheme” in blue colour on the rear of the vehicles.

Trinamool’s strength is the love and support of the people: Abhishek Banerjee

Trinamool Youth Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee held a meeting with youth contingent of the party at ITI ground, Kalyani on Thursday and laid the guidelines for the party activists for the coming Assembly polls.

The TMYC National President said that Trinamool Congress will sweep the coming Assembly polls. He said that the media keeps mum on the development and progress in Bengal and it is the duty of the youth force of the party to spread the news among people.

On the activities of the Opposition parties the young firebrand MP said that the State BJP, who has to hire people to show strength are dreaming about ruling Bengal. He said that there is nothing much to speak about the State Congress and the CPIM was finished in 2011.

Mr Banerjee said that the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been working day and night for the development of the people. She has held more than 110 administrative review meetings in the districts of Bengal. Trinamool Congress’ strength is the love and support of the people, not the blessings of any media house or any industrialist, he said.

Trinamool Secretary General Partha Chatterjee, Lok Sabha MPs Tapas Mondal and Mamatabala Thakur and senior district Trinamool leaders were present at the meeting.

Abhishek Banerjee leads a historic padyatra in Diamond Harbour

Trinamool Youth Congress President and MP Abhishek Banerjee participated in a Maha Michhil consisting thousands of people held from Kopathat to Station More in the Diamond Harbour constituency.  The padayatra was held to express solidarity against the vandalism and disturbance being attempted by the combined force of BJP and CPM in rural Bengal.

The firebrand TMYC leader said at the end of the meeting that Trinamool Congress has the ability to will all the 294 assembly seats in the forthcoming Assembly Election in 2016 in the basis of the developmental works done under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Mr Banerjee slammed the CPM saying that the Ministers in the Left era worked part-time and never bothered to mingle with common people. He said that Mamata Banerjee will remain a guard for the common people through thick and thin.

Talking about his constituency, Mr Banerjee said that the people of Diamond Harbour had the right to know what their elected representative had done for them and how the Rs 5 crore MPLAD has been spent. So a booklet has been published and has been sent at booth-levels for the information of all. He also announced a fund of Rs 1.5 crore for the restoration and reconstruction of the Diamond Harbour Zilla Hospital morgue.

TMYC President Abhishek Banerjee slams the Centre and Left at Dumdum rally

Trinamool Youth Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee today held a mass meeting at Lichubagan Math, Gorabazar in Dum Dum.

The rally was organised by the North 24 Parganas Youth Congress where various leaders of the party highlighted the developmental programmes of the Maa Mati Manush Government and also condemned the campaign of slander and misinformation by the combined opposition of CPI(M)-BJP-Congress.

Abhishek Banerjee, who was the chief speaker of the rally, slammed the Opposition for their canards against Mamata Banerjee. “The more you attack her, the stronger she will become with the blessings of the people,” he said.

“We have strengthened every step of administration, from gram sabhas to the top most level. We want to ensure that development can flow freely to the people,” commented the TMYC President.

He added that Mamata Banerjee had fulfilled all the promises made in the Manifesto. Taking a dig at the BJP he said that the party in power at Centre is fooling people in the name of ‘achhe din’.

“Today the biggest challenge for the people of India is to bring back Modi ji from his foreign pleasure trips,” he remarked.

Just because someone is elected to from govt at Centre doesn’t mean they can tell us what to eat and what to wear, he added while slamming the Centre for rising prices of essential commodities and recent hike in rail fare.

Abhishek Banerjee maintained that TMC believed in communal harmony. “TMC stands for Temple, Mosque, Church” he commented.

Reach out to people: Abhishek Banerjee to party workers in Bankura

Party workers have to work hard to promote the message of development. This message of party Chief Mamata Banerjee was conveyed to the workers in Bankura by Trinamool Youth Congress President Abhishek Banerjee on Friday.

Abhishek has begun his district visits where he will be addressing workshops for grassroots workers of the party. While speaking at one such meeting in Barjora, Bankura, TMYC President said: “People will decide who will sit in offices of power. Reach out to people. Work unitedly to serve people.”

He said that the party leadership had knowledge of every action by block and district leadership. He said, “A few people cannot be allowed to bring shame to the party because of their wrong actions.”

Abhishek reiterated that there is no scope for complacency in the party. 2011 elections were fought on the plank of change and 2016 will be fought on the plank of development.

He instructed workers to publicise the developmental initiatives undertaken by West Bengal government in the last four and a half years.  He asked them to go to every village and reach out to people.

Need to spread the news of developmental works: Abhishek Banerjee at Purulia

Trinamool Youth Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee conducted a workshop for the panchayet and municipal elected representatives of the party at Purulia on the adjoining grounds of the Purulia Sainik School.

He laid stress on the works undertaken by the West Bengal Government under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and urged the activists to spread the news of the developments so that all people could avail the benefits. He urged the people present to form groups of about 20-22 people in every block to carry out the campaigns. He stressed on working unitedly and respecting the party symbol.

The firebrand leader said that he will be visiting all the 20 blocks in the district of Purulia and urged that Trinamool should win in all the nine assembly seats in the forthcoming election.

He said the wave of development that the State is experiencing cannot be stopped by pelting stones.