Watch: Mamata Didi greeted with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Nandigram

Nandigram, Mar 31: In a major welcome set for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, she was greeted with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans by BJP supporters while she was on a visit to Reyapara in Nandigram, where she had been camping for the past two days. She was apparently paying a visit to a TMC worker who was allegedly beaten up and injured.

 

The TMC chief was seen in her wheelchair as she was made her way to the TMC worker’s house amidst chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. She has been highlu campaigning for the upcoming assembly polls from the Nandigram constituency, a stronghold of BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.

 

 

In a separate incident, BJP party workers in Jalpaiguri were assaulted for raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans during Holi celebrations. Speaking about the incident, a BJP leader said the chanting of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans while playing Holi irked the TMC goons, who then attacked the BJP karyakartas and also vandalised the party office in the district.

 

 

It should be noted that Banerjee has been strongly opposing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans. In January 2021, Mamata Banerjee was seen walking out of the stage refusing to address the public gathered at Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial for Netaji birth anniversary celebrations.

 

Mamata, who was sharing the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, refused to address the gathering and lamented of “being disrespected” because she could not stand the slogans of Jai Shree Ram, Bharat Mata ki Jai, etc when she was invited to address the event.

 

 

Lashing out after hearing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, Mamata Banerjee lamented before walking off the stage: “Inviting people and then disrespecting them does not behove the government. This is a government programme, not a political party’s programme”.