TMC claims Mamata not invited to Sealdah Metro stn inauguration; BJP reacts

A controversy has erupted over the inauguration of Sealdah Metro station of the East-West corridor here on July 11, with the TMC claiming that Mamata Banerjee has not been invited to the programme.

Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee
Press Trust of India Kolkata
2 min read Last Updated : Jul 10 2022 | 5:15 PM IST

A controversy has erupted over the scheduled inauguration of Sealdah Metro station of the East-West corridor here on July 11, with the TMC claiming that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has not been invited to the railway ministry programme.

The opposition BJP shot back stating the TMC government, which never extends invitation to saffron camp MPs and MLAs for state programmes, should get to taste its own medicine.

Union minister Smriti Irani, who arrived here on Sunday, is scheduled to attend the event.

Commercial services between Sector V in Salt Lake and Sealdah are set to commence on July 14.

Coming down heavily on the BJP-led Centre, West Bengal minister and senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim alleged that the central government had no regard for democratic principles.

"The East-West Metro project is being implemented with the mutual cooperation of the state and Centre. The move to leave out the chief minister stemmed from narrow political considerations," he said.

Slamming the TMC over the assertion, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh told reporters, "None of our MLAs and MPs gets invited to any state functions including administrative meetings. The CM, too, should not complain for not getting an invitation."

Ghosh further claimed that the state government, after using central funds, renames central projects to avoid giving credit to the Narendra Modi government.

Responding to Ghosh's comments, Hakim said, "The Centre does not give alms to Bengal. The state has every right to ask what it is entitled to.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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Topics :Mamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool CongressMetro rail projects

First Published: Jul 10 2022 | 5:15 PM IST

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