Mamata is acting like a dictator, really sad. On 7/10/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > What an irony: disabled people are mired in politics between Mamata and > Kanti. > > Things are not Bhalo in amar Bengla, so sad. > http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140710/jsp/bengal/story_18599618.jsp#.U75ap2zlrZ4 > Mamata disruption ire at disabled persons > > OUR CORRESPONDENT > > > The disabled persons with banners and placards at Mamata's meeting. > Pictures by Munshi Muklesur Rahaman > > Burdwan, July 9: Mamata Banerjee today chided a group of disabled > people who raised placards to seek "a five-minute audience" with her > at a meeting in Burdwan. > > "Why are you trying to disrupt the meeting?" the chief minister said > from the dais at the public meeting in Nababhat after the placards > were raised. > > Around 70 disabled people had been waiting for hours since early > morning to meet the chief minister and seek identity cards, admission > to schools, loans and land rights. > > One of the posters read: "We are disabled people. We need five minutes > from you, chief minister." > > As photographers rushed to take snaps of the placards and posters, > Mamata said: "What's going on? I know you (the group) have been sent > by (CPM leader) Kanti Ganguly. Herey giyeo lajja nei. Rajneeti korte > ashben na (You have no shame despite losing. Don't do politics)." > > > The chief minister speaks at the meeting > > The chief minister directed the disabled people to meet Burdwan > district magistrate Saumitra Mohan and submit a charter of demands. > > "A letter is enough for me to take action and I do take action when > something is brought to my knowledge. Leave a letter, but don't do > this," the chief minister told the group before resuming her speech. > > The group then walked out of the venue. > > Ganguly, a minister in the erstwhile Left government, is the secretary > of two voluntary organisations working for the rights of disabled > people. > > Ganguly, a former MLA from South 24-Parganas, denied having sent > anyone to the chief minister's meeting. "We did not send any team. She > is the chief minister of our state and any person can approach her > with his or her problems. It would have been nice had she heard them," > Ganguly said. > > This is not the first time Mamata has sniffed a conspiracy at a public > meeting. At a rally in West Midnapore's Belpahari on August 8, 2012, > she had labelled farmer Shiladitya Chowdhury a Maoist for asking her a > question on the rising prices of fertilizers. Shiladitya had been > arrested. > > When Mamata vented her ire at the disabled people for raising the > placards at today's meeting, a team of policemen and administrative > officials rushed to the enclosure where the group was seated and urged > them to keep quiet. > > "We were keen to meet her and had come here early in the morning. But > after the way she shouted at us, we have decided not to approach her > for any help," said Mohammad Kalimuddin, one of the members. > > > > > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > M.Phil Research Scholar > Centre for The Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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