Mamata asks TMC leaders not to launch personal attacks on PM
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has reportedly asked her party leaders to refrain from launching personal attacks on PM Narendra Modi. "She isn't in an aggressive mood. She is trying not to be abusive as far as the PM is concerned," a TMC leader has said. However, Banerjee has asked TMC MPs to boycott the Budget reading in protest against demonetisation.
After having been scathingly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the inconvenience the demonetisation drive subjected commoners to, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has asked her party leaders to refrain from launching personal attacks against him. Her opposition to the way demonetisation was implemented, however, persists.The chief minister of West Bengal has asked her party MPs to boycott the budget reading as a mark of protest against demonetisation, but at the same time she has cautioned them against using derogatory language against the Prime Minister or referring to him as Modi Babu.Over the last three months, ties between the two politicians have strained with Mamata and other Trinamool leaders bashing Modi by using the most unparliamentary language.Also read | Trinamool MP Idris Ali embarrasses party by comparing Mamata Banerjee with Gandhiji From calling him a 'rat' to a 'donkey' or 'ravana', leaders of the Trinamool Congress exercised not an iota of restraint in their slanderous remarks against Modi. As name calling and attacks from both parties started mounting, the central agencies investigating the Rose Valley financial scam case cracked down on TMC leaders, accused in the matter.TMC FUMED OVER SUDIP BANDHOPADHYAY'S ARREST Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest sent the party seething with anger against the BJP and the government.In the middle of all this, Mamata has decided to maintain political decency in parliamentary democracy."She has ordered us not to attack Modi personally", said a TMC MP on the condition of anonymity.Also read | Mamata vs Modi: Prez Pranab reminds of federalism as Arun Jaitley skips Bengal business meetThis sudden change in her aggressive opposition to the government has got the political world guessing as to whether Mamata has softened her stance against Modi.