- By Anushka Vats
- Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:18 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday took a swipe at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her trip to Spain amid the spread of dengue cases in the state and said that she can go to Spain but is incapable of understanding people's pain. He also trained guns at Banerjee for staying at a luxurious hotel in Spain during her trip to the European nation.
"We had already warned the state government about the rampant spread of dengue during August-September. This is due to the ignorance of the government towards the common people. They can go to Spain but cannot understand the pain of people here," Chowdhury said.
"We have heard that the Chief Minister does not take her salary. She sustains herself from the sale of her books and from her paintings. How could you afford to stay at a hotel in Madrid that costs Rs 3 lakhs per day?" the Congress leader asked.
West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee (Image Credits: ANI)
The Congress leader asked her not to fool people and questioned how much money did she spent on the trip. "If 10 per cent of what you had spent in Biswa Bangla industrial meet would have come back, lakhs of those unemployed in Bengal would have got jobs. We want to know which Spanish companies want to invest in Bengal," he further added.
He also attacked PM Modi over the launch of the Vande Bharat Express trains on Sunday and said that PM Modi promised Bullet trains, now they are running a 'Guler' (joke) train. "Vande Bharats do not run at their actual speed. Its fare is higher than normal trains," he said.
On the Parliament passing the Women's Reservation Bill in the Special Session of the Parliament, the Congress leader said that these are brought about just to distract the people from the real problems that they currently face.
"Modi government creates new issues before elections. At times Women's Reservation Bill, at times One Nation One Election...It is not easy to implement 'One Nation One Election' in our country. Modi knows this and everyone knows this. But it is important to address the issues of today. It is just a distraction to deflect people from their real problems," he said.
(With inputs from ANI)
