Expressing concern over the incidents of arson and violence in Delhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday appealed to people to maintain calm and peace. Banerjee also said that she was keeping a watch on the situation in the national capital.
When asked to comment on why the violence could not be nipped in the bud the Chief Minister apparently avoided controversy saying she likemost other peace-loving citizens of the country wanted peace andharmony to prevail.
“We the people of India want peace and deserve it,” Chief Minister said saying, “we are really concerned about what is going on. We arewatching the situation as it evolves … We appeal to the people of all sections to work for peace and maintain peace and communal harmony asviolence lead to nowhere and all peace-loving citizens of the country wants peace and harmony,” Banerjee whose party Trinamool Congress has been at loggerheads with the BJP-ruled Centre on more issues than one said.
Meanwhile amid threats from the saffron outfit of taking the Trinamool Government to court, the Kolkata Police has granted permission for Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah’s meeting in Kolkata.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at Sahid Minar on March one and is expected to witness more than a lakh-strong crowd.
This is the second such meeting after the BJP roared back to power in last year’s Parliamentary elections.