August 21, 2023
Bengal is the state where Rabindranath organised Raksha Bandhan to unite Hindus and Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Today, Mamata Banerjee attended the meeting of imams and moazzems held at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata.
Highlights of her speech at the venue:
Bengal is the state where Rabindranath organised Raksha Bandhan to unite Hindus and Muslims. We are following in his path.
When I go to attend roza during the month of Ramzan, many people make fun of me. BJP people have even changed my name. But what I do is my business.
I only want to ensure that people do not fight against one another. Just like me, you too can see everything. When I dance with Adivasis or declare a holiday for a Matua festival, then people don’t criticise me. It is only against minorities that their anger is directed at.
The BJP’s job is to use the CPI(M) and Congress against us.
I hope Furfura Sharif does not get involved in politics, the same hope I have for Belur Math.
When people attack you, it is we who are the first to defend you and fight for you till the end. Several states have implemented NRC, but we have not. Assam left out the names of many from the minority community from its list of citizens. I had sent representatives, but they were not allowed to enter the state. When they protested, an FIR was lodged against them.
Bengal is number one in providing scholarships to students from minority communities, giving 63 lakh scholarships in the last 12 years. The Union government has stopped providing funds for the welfare of OBC. The reason is that 97 per cent of the minorities in this state are OBCs.
Imams and moazzams will get loans up to Rs 5 lakh, for which the state government will be the guarantor.
