The significance of Banerjee’s meeting with senior AAP leaders is underscored by the impending Lok Sabha elections and the formation of an opposition coalition. An official source stated on Thursday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may visit Punjab on February 21 and meet with her counterparts in Delhi and Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann, respectively. According to him, the supremo of the Trinamool Congress is also expected to offer prayers at the Golden Temple. On February 21, the chief minister is probably going to Punjab. She will pray at Amritsar’s Golden Temple while she is there. A senior official stated that there is a good chance she will meet the chief ministers of Punjab and Delhi during her visit.
Given the impending Lok Sabha elections and the creation of an opposition coalition, Banerjee’s meeting with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) top leaders is deemed significant.
The chief minister of West Bengal may pay a visit during a period when farmers are pressing for a minimum support price for their produce. Banerjee has already expressed her solidarity with the farmers and denounced the attack that targeted them as they attempted to march towards New Delhi.
In the last few days, AAP and TMC-both members of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc-have grown increasingly acrimonious with Congress over seat-sharing. The chief minister of West Bengal may pay a visit during a period when farmers are pressing for a minimum support price for their produce.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee doubted how the nation could advance if farmers fighting for their basic rights were being attacked as police fired tear gas shells at them as they marched towards Delhi at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab. When farmers are assaulted with tear shells for standing up their fundamental rights, how can our nation advance? In a ‘X’ post, Ms. Banerjee declared, “I vehemently denounce the savage attack on the agricultural community by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party).
Within the party and the union (national) government, Banerjee held a number of administrative positions in the parliament, including three cabinet-level ministerial positions: railroads (1999-2001 and 2009-11), without portfolio (2003-04), and coal and mines (2004). Banerjee maintained close ties to her home state of West Bengal even though she was a rising star in the country. Her followers called her “Didi,” and she won their affection by staying true to her modest beginnings-wearing plain cotton saris and continuing to reside in her mother’s house-and by never holding back when expressing her opinions in a direct and colorful manner. Since the communists had ruled West Bengal since 1977, she had been particularly vocal in her criticism of them.
Apart from her involvement in politics, Banerjee was a prolific writer in Bengali and English. She authored over two dozen books, including a collection of poems and nonfiction titles like The Slaughter of Democracy (2006) and Struggle for Existence (1998).
