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Mamata Banerjee Rejects Political Retirement, Vows Continued Fight Against BJP

Mamata Banerjee said she will not retire from politics.

She compared retirement to taking sanyas, or becoming a monk.

She said she would continue opposing the BJP.

Banerjee accused the BJP government in West Bengal of mistreating people.

She said welfare benefits were being denied or decided using caste and religion.

She also alleged that many of her party workers were put in false police cases.

She criticized the government over alleged violence at universities.

She raised concerns about information collected for Census and NRC forms.

She said she might ask the Supreme Court to intervene.

Key facts

Political leader: Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress supremo and former West Bengal chief minister
Retirement decision: Banerjee ruled out taking political sanyas
Opposition target: She vowed to continue fighting until the BJP was sent into sanyas
Alleged police cases: She accused the government of implicating at least 12,000 people, mostly her workers, in false cases
Welfare schemes: She compared the TMC’s Lakshmir Bhandar with the BJP’s Annapurna Bhandar and alleged discrimination in benefits
University unrest: She criticized the government’s lack of action over alleged vandalism by BJP and ABVP members at Jadavpur University and other institutions
Census and NRC concerns: She questioned whether information submitted on NRC forms could later be used elsewhere and said she might approach the Supreme Court

deccanchronicle.com · 1 week ago