Mamata Didi complains again! West Bengal CM accuses Centre of forbidding her to meet Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

Kolkata, Sept 10: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (Sept 9) criticized the BJP-led Centre for not inviting her to meet visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Addressing her party members at Netaji Indoor Stadium here, Banerjee said, "This is the first time the Prime Minister of Bangladesh came to India and did not come to Bengal despite her desire to meet me."

 

 

 

 

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo said she wanted to know why the BJP-led Centre was worried about her meeting with Sheikh Hasina. Mamata said she should not speak on bilateral ties or external affairs of the country. She further alleged that the Centre attempts to prevent her from visiting foreign countries whenever she was invited. Mamata said, "I do not know why they (BJP) are so angry."

 

 

 

 

 

She further said, They also did not let me go to many places including Chicago and China to attend events. While BJP attends invitations globally, they stop us from attending the same. We ask: How long will you continue your autocracy?" Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was on a four-day visit to India to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, arrived in New Delhi on Monday (Sept 5).

 

 

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during the joint press statement at Hyderabad House, expressed hope that the issue of Teesta water sharing with India will be resolved soon. The Teesta river dispute is an important point of bilateral talks between India and Bangladesh. Both countries signed an agreement in 2011 to share surface waters at the Farakka Barrage near their mutual border. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reservations over the Teesta water sharing with Bangladesh.