3 weeks ago
Murshidabad trio at PM's table apprise Modi of minority grievances
Some elected leaders called MPs decided to join a different political group.
A few of them, from a place called Murshidabad, went to eat breakfast with the country's big leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They told him that people from the Muslim community in their state are not being treated fairly.
Mr. Modi told the leaders at the meeting to follow the rules of Parliament and to treat it like a temple of democracy.
He also said everyone in their new group is like family and should work hard to build up their state.
Some leaders praised Mr. Modi and said his ideas for the country are very good.
But other leaders, from the group the MPs left behind, are angry.
They call the MPs traitors and say they are trying to fool the people.
At the same time, another group of leaders talked to the state's chief minister about courts for land disputes and how loud loudspeakers can be.
A big judge still has to decide whether the MPs can keep their seats.
Three NCPI MPs from Murshidabad - Abu Taher Khan, Khalilur Rahman and Yusuf Pathan - attended a breakfast meeting with PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
The MPs said they used the meeting to inform Modi about minority community grievances, saying minorities are being "oppressed and deprived" in Bengal.
Modi hosted about 40 NDA parliamentarians at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg and urged legislative discipline, calling Parliament a temple of democracy.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has yet to decide the status of the 20 NCPI MPs following their defection from the Trinamool Congress.
Trinamool leader Kunal Ghosh branded the defectors "traitors", while a 13-MLA delegation led by Ritabrata Banerjee met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari over SIR tribunals and loudspeaker decibel limits.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 40-odd NDA parliamentarians, and three NCPI MPs from Murshidabad - Abu Taher Khan, Khalilur Rahman and Yusuf Pathan.
- What
- A breakfast meeting in which the MPs raised minority grievances before Modi, who preached legislative discipline.
- Where
- 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi.
- When
- On a Friday; the article gives no exact date.
- Why
- To apprise the PM of minority grievances and bolster the standing of NCPI MPs who defected from the Trinamool Congress; the Trinamool camp called the outreach an attempt to legitimize "traitors".
Trinamool Congress camp
NDA and defecting NCPI MPs
Status of the defecting MPs
Trinamool Congress camp
Kunal Ghosh calls the defectors the "BJP's B-team" and "traitors", saying their political careers and popular acceptability are over and that the outreach aims to give them "legitimacy they cannot possibly claim".
NDA and defecting NCPI MPs
Modi told the NCPI MPs that those with the NDA are all "family members", and the MPs say they are working hard for the development of Bengal and the eastern and northeastern states.
Minority grievances in Bengal
Trinamool Congress camp
Kunal Ghosh dismisses the outreach as an attempt to "fool the people", implying the grievances raised do not hold.
NDA and defecting NCPI MPs
Abu Taher Khan said the minority community is "oppressed and deprived" in Bengal and that the MPs, as elected representatives, had a duty to inform the PM.
Key facts
- Event
- Breakfast meeting of PM Modi with 40-odd NDA parliamentarians
- Venue
- 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi
- Key MPs
- Abu Taher Khan (Murshidabad), Khalilur Rahman (Jangipur), Yusuf Pathan (Baharampur)
- Absent MP
- Dev Adhikari (Ghatal) - prior commitments
- Pending decision
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on the status of the 20 NCPI MPs after defection from Trinamool
- Competing claim
- Rebels' claim to the party and its symbol is pending before chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Parallel meet
- 13-MLA delegation led by Ritabrata Banerjee met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari over SIR tribunals and loudspeaker decibel limits
- Demand raised
- Local SIR tribunals in each district and block; deadline extension of at least six months
Quotes
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
NCPI floor manager and Barasat MP
“We are representatives of the foremost minority community of India and Bengal. Minorities are being oppressed and deprived in various ways in the state. As the elected head of the country, he had to be informed. Which is what we did.”
telegraphindia.com
“The Prime Minister has said those who have been with the NDA for the last 20 years or even one year are all family members. He said we will work hard for the development of Bengal... and the eastern, northeastern states.”
telegraphindia.com










