Departing from his social gathering’s official stand, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury termed Mamata Banerjee’s allegation of her mic being turned off through the NITI Aayog’s a lie.
“The issues that Mamata Banerjee is saying concerning the NITI Aayog assembly, I really feel like she is mendacity. It is extremely stunning if a state’s chief minister wasn’t allowed to talk. Mamata Banerjee knew what can be occurring there. She had the script,” Adhir Ranjan stated. Congress had stated the remedy meted out to Banerjee was unacceptable.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of the NITI Aayog assembly on July 27 alleging that her mic was muted, and he or she was not allowed to talk past a sure time.
Storming out of the assembly, Banerjee informed reporters, “…I stated you (central authorities) shouldn’t discriminate towards state governments. I wished to talk however I used to be allowed to talk just for 5 minutes. Individuals earlier than me spoke for 10-20 minutes. I used to be the one one from the opposition who was taking part however nonetheless, I used to be not allowed to talk. That is insulting…”
Her claims led to a heated political conflict, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, officers and BJP leaders vehemently denying her accusations.
Sitharaman swiftly countered Banerjee’s claims, stating, “CM Mamata Banerjee attended the Niti Aayog assembly. All of us heard her… She stated within the media that her mic was turned off. That’s fully false.” She added, “If she’s reminded that her time is over, even with the mic on, she might have requested to proceed talking as another CMs did. However she selected to make use of it as an excuse to get out of the assembly.”
Individually, Press Data Bureau Reality Test (PIB Reality Test), underneath the data & broadcasting ministry, claimed that Mamata Banerjee’s allegation was “deceptive”. “The clock solely confirmed that her talking time was over. Even the bell was not rung to mark it,” PIB Reality Test posted on X (formally Twitter).
Earlier on July 28, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, alleging that West Bengal was in an “anarchic situation” and sought her intervention to “restore regulation and order” within the state.
“…it’s not solely disturbing but additionally deeply anguishing to see the anarchic situation within the state owing to the ruthless method of the ruling social gathering on the employees, sympathisers, and supporters of the opposition,” Chowdhury wrote within the two-page letter.