Mamata Banerjee praises RSS; says "all are not bad in the Sangh Pariwar"

Kolkata, Sept 2: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who strongly opposes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stirred up a hornets' nest after she praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ) saying that "all are not bad in the Sangh Pariwar" and a section of right-wing organization does not support the policies followed by the BJP.

 

 

 

 

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, "RSS was not so bad earlier, I don't think they are bad now either. There are many people in the RSS who are good and don't support the BJP. They will also break their silence one day." Reacting to this, senior CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakrabarty hit back at the Chief Minister calling her an "opportunist" and "product" of the RSS.

 

 

 

 

 

"It is once again clear that TMC is not trustworthy in the fight against BJP," said Sujan Chakrabarty. The sharpest reaction came from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who said, "In 2003 too Mamata had called RSS "patriots". In turn RSS had called her 'Durga'. RSS wants Hindu Rashtra. Its history is full of anti-Muslim hate crime. She'd defended BJP govt in Parliament after Gujarat pogrom. Hope TMC's 'Muslim faces' praise her for her honesty & consistency."

 

 

Owaisi, which contested the assembly polls in Bengal, failed to win a single seat, including Muslim majority constituencies, where it positioned itself as opposed to both TMC and BJP. He had targeted the RSS, saying it wants "Hindu Rashtra."