West Bengal’s chief minister and the Trinamool Congress Party’s chief Mamata Banerjee was under the attack of Ambedkarites on the internet as she said that she does not think Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is that bad. Mamata Banerjee made this statement while addressing a press conference in Nabanna on 31st August 2022.
Mamata Banerjee as minister will serve under BJP govt for years, fight elections together with BJp, call RSS as “good people” and yet nobody will call her B team of BJP
— Ravi Ratan (@scribe_it) September 1, 2022
You know the reason? It’s her last name. pic.twitter.com/NrfbuctAS4
In a short part of this press conference that went viral as a video clip, Mamata Banerjee said, “RSS was not that bad. I don’t believe it is so bad. Even now there are good people in RSS who don’t support BJP. One day they will break their silence.”
She said this while replying to a question on ED raids on TV channels close to TMC. In August, ED raided the offices and residences of Kaustav Roy, the CEO of Kolkata TV. Saying that Kaustav Roy is a brave person who does not indulge in politics, she said that there are still good journalists in media houses. Mamata Banerjee alleged that BJP had put one person in every media house, and the media houses are forced to follow the party’s dictates. ‘That person tells what to report in the morning, and media houses follow that’, she alleged.
Mamata Banerjee also attacked the media for running stories based on sources, and said she can also release a video on who went for foreign trips using chit fund money.
Mamata Banerjee who was a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government turned out to be a target of Ambedkarites who attacked her for her apparent soft-corner towards RSS. A Twitter user Jaimine tweeted quoting Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, “In my judgment, it is useless to make a distinction between the secular Brahmins and priestly Brahmins. Both are kith and kin. They are two arms of the same body, and one is bound to fight for the existence of the other. – Dr. Ambedkar”
“In my judgement, it is useless to make a distinction between the secular Brahmins and priestly Brahmins. Both are kith and kin. They are two arms of the same body, and one is bound to fight for the existence of the other.” – Dr Ambedkar
— Jaimine (@jaiminism) September 1, 2022
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted, “In 2003 too Mamata had called RSS “patriots”. In turn RSS had called her “Durga”. RSS wants Hindu Rashtra. Its history is full of anti-Muslim hate crimes. She’d defended the BJP govt in Parliament after the Gujarat pogrom. I Hope TMC’s “Muslim faces” praise her for her honesty & consistency.”
In 2003 too Mamata had called RSS “patriots”. In turn RSS had called her “Durga”. RSS wants Hindu Rashtra. Its history is full of anti-Muslim hate crime. She’d defended BJP govt in Parliament after Gujarat pogrom. Hope TMC’s “Muslim faces” praise her for her honesty & consistency https://t.co/45LKZ7aI4s
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) September 1, 2022
Another Twitter user Thaiyaan wrote, “The brahmin woman, Banerjee, gives a certificate to a terrorist organization run by brahmin men.”
The brahmin woman, banerjee, gives certificate to a terrorist organization run by brahmin men ? https://t.co/yf7DptoxBo
— Thaiyaan (@thaiyaan) September 1, 2022
Amit Dake tweeted, “Cause she is Brah**min & they r the core members of RSS.”
Cause she is Brah**min & they r the core members of RSS.
— Amit Dake (@imDAmit) September 1, 2022
The full video of the press conference can be viewed in the video below. She made the comments on the RSS towards the end.
