Kolkata: A day earlier than Shaheed Diwas, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has decked up trams within the capital metropolis of Bengal to publicise the importance of twenty first July and promote the occasion within the bigger scape of nationwide politics.
Talking on the importance of the transfer, Former MP and State President of Indian Nationwide Trinamool Commerce Union Congress, INTTUC, Ritabrata Banerjee stated, “There is not going to be any space, block or locality in Bengal the place her message for twenty first July is not going to attain. This shall be absolutely occurring right here but in addition exterior Bengal wherever her message shall be broadcasted.”
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This yr, Trinamool Congress to consolidate and increase its political prowess will stream the net Shaheed Diwas programme in different states too. Going nationwide, TMC shall be broadcasting Mamata’s speech on the martyrs and the occasion’s rise to energy, in different states like Tripura, Manipur, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. With the COVID pandemic at hand, the programme shall be held on-line by way of digital means, and with the occasion releasing its marketing campaign tagline, TMC is seen to gear up with preparations for the 2024 Nationwide Elections.
The trams are colored blue and white, a trademark favorite of the occasion supremo, and is embellished with giant posters of her in opposition to the Indian tricolour and the occasion image: grass flowers. Banerjee stated that he believes that this initiative will render the message of Mamata to uncountable folks throughout India.
Placing some historic context on the initiative, Banerjee stated, “This initiative is nothing new, it has been occurring since 1994 with a break for a couple of years in between.” After referring to the latest controversy of the Pegasus spy case, he took successful on the BJP and stated, “BJP needs to ascertain a dictatorship inside India. All over the place the battle is in opposition to BJP, not simply in Bengal. It’s clear that within the latest battle in opposition to the BJP in Bengal Meeting Elections, Mamata Banerjee emerged because the Victorypillar. And for this nationwide battle in opposition to BJP, we’re celebrating twenty first July.”
Retaining in thoughts the upcoming third wave of the pandemic, Banerjee stated that the programme will work in tandem with COVID-19 restrictions. Based on him, there shall be 50 volunteers at every sales space, who will keep ample social distancing.
Though Trinamool Congress is the ruling occasion within the state, Trams are run with authorities funds. In respect to the considerations of the occasion capitalising on state funds to additional its personal trigger and promote itself, Banerjee stated, “There’s nothing of that kind. There isn’t a misuse of presidency funds. We’re following all authorized provisions and utilizing trams after giving the charges. We’re the filling up the method, and no stones shall be left unturned.”
Shaheed Diwas or Martyr’s Day, held to commemorate twenty first July 1993, is a day to recollect the deaths of 13 TMC staff in Bengal in protests in opposition to the then Left regime. A watershed second for Mamata Banerjee’s rise to energy, twenty first July is widely known with a lot fanfare and recognition in Bengal, making it fateful within the politics of the state.