Mamata hits out at Left, BJP for ‘tarnishing’ her picture forward of London go to

Whereas sustaining that she welcomes criticism as a part of democracy, Banerjee condemned makes an attempt to malign West Bengal on the worldwide stage. “You possibly can insult me, however do not attempt to tarnish Bengal’s picture overseas,” she said.

Banerjee alleged that some teams had drafted messages to be despatched to Oxford College in an try to discredit her and the state. “They’re spreading misinformation by WhatsApp and emails. They’re asking individuals to put in writing to the college claiming that we’re dangerous individuals from Bengal. It is a soiled recreation,” she remarked, with out naming any specific occasion.

A potential reference level may very well be a latest article revealed within the Left mouthpiece Ganashakti, implying that Oxford College was unaware of an occasion that includes Banerjee, and drawing the conclusion that she was due to this fact being disingenuous concerning the purported invite to talk on the college, with out mentioning that it was ‘just one faculty’, although Oxford College has no central campus.

State BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari tweeted the article and declared the invitation to be ‘pretend’, although a consultant of the college vice-chancellor’s workplace made it clear that there was no central database of occasions on the college with the vice-chancellor’s workplace, and particular person schools had been free to kind their very own occasion calendars, which the vice-chancellor’s workplace wouldn’t essentially pay attention to.