Posted on October 5, 2021
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday took a dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying he is never seen taking preventive action to stop discharge of huge volumes of water by DVC from its barrages into rivers in Bengal, which caused widespread flood though he is prompt in sending NHRC team and summoning senior state bureaucrats to Delhi on “some pretext”.
Banerjee said she will shortly write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seek his intervention in the “indiscriminate” release of water by DVC every time there is heavy rain in Jharkhand.
“Why is Amit Shah not asking DVC to stop such wanton discharge of huge volumes of water instead of doing it in phases? Does his concern for Bengal end in sending NHRC team, increasing CRPF cover of small-time BJP leaders and despatching high number of security personnel for a single seat? Does his concern for Bengal is only manifest in summoning our top officers to New Delhi?
She was referring to the September 30 by-poll in Bhabanipur Assembly seat, where she was a contestant.
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