Mamata mocks Rizvi over 'occupy Bengal, Odisha' threat: 'And will we have lollipops?'

India’s West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday took a dig at remarks by some Bangladeshi politicians, who said the country has reliable claims over Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, and puzzled whether Indians “would beget lollipop” when exterior forces would are attempting to beget Indian lands.

Talking in the West Bengal assembly, Mamata Banerjee urged folks to terminate unruffled and now not react to bright statements from Bangladesh. The Bengal CM reassured that her insist would toughen any decision taken by the Indian authorities.

Mocking the bright claims, Mamata Banerjee emphasised the need for peace and team spirit, adding, “End unruffled, terminate wholesome, and defend peace of mind.”

Her feedback adopted an announcement by BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary Overall Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, declaring the country’s supposed dispute over elements of India. Banerjee highlighted that even imams in West Bengal condemned the remarks and latest assaults on minorities in Bangladesh, reinforcing the insist’s unity towards divisive rhetoric.

She urged communities to work collectively to terminate tensions in West Bengal, stressing that the insist has been a frontrunner in collective protests towards the wretchedness in Bangladesh, reducing all the scheme via non secular and communal traces.

“The identical blood flows in the veins of Hindus and Muslims and all varied communities. We must always all work collectively to verify nothing is finished to aggravate the wretchedness in West Bengal,” she said in the Bengal assembly.

“West Bengal is the first insist in the country the attach folks regardless of caste, creed or community staged collective philosophize towards the wretchedness in Bangladesh,” the chief minister said.

Asking all individuals, along side her political opponents, now to now not total something else that will aggravate the wretchedness, the Trinamool Congress supremo furthermore urged media homes to behave responsibly while commenting on the wretchedness in the neighbouring country.

‘Bengal is now not Uttar Pradesh’: Mamata Banerjee

“West Bengal is now not Uttar Pradesh that we can ban your telecast. However act responsibly in the pastime of West Bengal and its folks. If wretchedness breaks out here, will it now not beget an impact on you? In an analogous style, if the wretchedness worsens in Bangladesh, it might per chance per chance per chance well beget an impact on our family and mates there. Hence, please defend restraint while commenting on the wretchedness,” Banerjee said.

The West Bengal chief minister said her authorities and procure collectively, the Trinamool Congress, shall be aware the rules of the ministry of exterior affairs and will now not keep up a correspondence out of flip.

“Our foreign secretary is in Bangladesh for talks. Allow us to now not keep up a correspondence larger than what is required. Allow us to stay wide awake for the fracture result. We’re responsible citizens. Our country is united,” she said.

Indian International Secretary Vikram Misri in Bangladesh

Indian International Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohammad Jashim Uddin, amid strained bilateral ties since August following the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Misri arrived in Dhaka earlier in the day on an Indian Air Power jet for a day-long discuss with. It is miles the first excessive-level discuss with from Unusual Delhi since a huge rebellion ended Hasina’s 15-365 days rule in August.