MALDA, 19 MARCH: The Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee may be eager to share the dais with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Malda on 26 March during the proposed foundation stone laying ceremony for a technical university, but the Congress in Malda is in no mood to welcome her.
Objecting to the Trinamul chief's proposed presence in the function, the South Malda Congress MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury today said: “There is no question of Miss Banerjee attending the programme.” Adding further humiliation, the MP said: “I have informed the Prime Minister's office not to invite the Trinamul chief in the function.”
The political rumour is that the MP's decision may have created a rift in the Ghani Khan family with Mr Khan Choudhury and the North Malda MP Mrs Mausam Noor occupying the pole positions. It is being said that Mr Choudhury's niece Mrs Mausam Noor was instrumental in inviting Miss Banerjee.
According to the South Malda Congress MP, the programme is of the Congress. “What would the Trinamul chief do here? She wants to share the dais for political gains. Malda is a Congress stronghold and would remain so,” Mr Khan Choudhury said.
Expressing grievance with Miss Banerjee's role as the railway minister the MP said: “We had sent many proposals to Miss Banerjee for the development of railway services with Malda as the base in memory of the late ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury, but she did nothing as far as the Railway Budget is concered. It was a humiliation for Ghani Khan and also the people of Malda. We want the PCC chief and Union finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee along with the Prime Minister at the proposed function but not Miss Mamata Banerjee,” he said with finality.;sns
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