Kolkata:
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the Centre is building Subhas Chandra Bose’s statue in Delhi at the same time when it rejected West Bengal’s tableau, depicting the role of Netaji in the country’s freedom struggle highlighting the indifferent attitude of the Centre’s towards the state.
“Why so allergic to Bengal? You (Centre) rejected Bengal tableau (for Republic Day)…You are making (Netaji) statue (in Delhi) because we pressurised you,” she said while addressing a public event marking the 125th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose.
In a veiled attack at the Centre, the Trinamool Congress supremo said, “Some forces are trying to divide the country over religion, over Hindus and Muslims. I request them to read about Mahatma Gandhi ji, Swami Vivekananda ji and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ji. None of these personalities ever talked about dividing the country.”
