"A personal tour because it is hot in West Bengal": BJP's Suvendu Adhikari critiques TMC delegation's visit to J-K
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 22 (ANI): A five-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to meet residents affected by cross-border shelling following Operation Sindoor. The team arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday and is scheduled to visit Srinagar, Poonch, and Rajouri by May 23.
Reacting to the visit, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal and BJP Leader, criticised the TMC's move on Thursday, calling it politically motivated and labelling the party as 'anti-West Bengal, anti-Hindu.'
'It is a personal tour because it is hot in West Bengal. But there (J-K) it is more pleasant. They are anti-West Bengal, anti-Hindu and especially since they don't get votes in West Bengal, that's why they don't have any interest in West Bengal,' he said.
Adhikari further accused the TMC leadership of ignoring issues in their home state. 'They do not do any work in West Bengal except for corruption, nepotism, and appeasement politics. They should visit Malda's Ratua and Mothabari, and Samserganj's Dhuliyan first. The Kashmir report will not be enough; they should add the Malda and Murshidabad reports as well. Then the report will be complete,' he added.
The delegation includes TMC MPs Derek O'Brien, Md Nadimul Haque, Sagarika Ghose, Mamata Bala Thakur, and West Bengal Minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia. Upon arrival, they met with National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Meanwhile, TMC MP Sagarika Ghose emphasised that a five-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation of public representatives from Bengal have come to Kashmir on a journey of 'solidarity, empathy, and sympathy.'
Sagarika Ghose asserted that the border villages of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered the most, and the delegation has come to tell the people that they are not alone. She stated that the border villages must not be 'ignored,' and they must get the attention and relief and rehabilitation they deserve.
Addressing the media in Srinagar, TMC MP Sagarika Ghose said, 'We, a five-member delegation of public representatives from Bengal, have come to Kashmir on a journey of solidarity, empathy, and sympathy. The border villages of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered the most... We have come to tell the people of border villages that they are not alone.'
Ghose added that the team's visit reflects a broader commitment to inclusivity and national unity. 'The border villages must not be ignored. They must get the attention, the relief, and rehabilitation they deserve,' she said. (ANI)
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