West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the current situation of the country was grim and politics of isolation was going on. “The situation in the country is grim… The policy of divide and rule is not correct. The politics of isolation going on is also not correct,” she told at a gathering that observed Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at Kolkata’s Red Road.
There were some “jealous people who create division among Hindus and Muslims”, and in the days to come “we will have to fight against forces that divide the country”. While she did not name the BJP, she made references to the party’s electoral promise of “acche din [good days]“. The Trinamool Congress chairperson assured the gathering that she would try to realise “real achhe din, not the “jhootha achhe din” (fake good days).
West Bengal presented an ideal example of unity between communities and would show the way for the rest of the country . “Be happy and have faith in me. I promise today till I am alive, I will fight for the cause of the people, whether they are Muslims or Hindus or Sikhs or Jains,” she asserted. She was aware of the nitty-gritty of festivals of the Muslim community and had written six books in Urdu, she pointed out. Referring to the names of Ministers in her Cabinet who were from the minority community, she stated that she wanted to take everyone along. She urged the members of the minority community to emphasise on the education of children so that they could become IAS and IPS officers.
