Mamata greets Nitish Kumar on election performance

Using a lovely imagery, Ms Banerjee then says that intolerance is the pillar of the towering edifice of their arrogance.

However, the West Bengal Chief Minister is not sure if she can attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bihar’s Chief Minister.

“When I went for his last swearing in, I had congratulated Nitishji for his next swearing in”, Banerjee said on the sidelines of a festive meet with industrialists in Kolkata. “I have a few visits to the districts planned so let’s see”, she said. The chief minister laments that these forces represent “destruction”.

Banerjee had gone to Patna in February this year when Nitish Kumar returned to power after ousting his erstwhile protege Jitan Ram Manjhi.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today conveyed her heartiest greetings to the people on the occasion of Deepavali.

Accusing the Trinamool of having a tacit understanding with the BJP, Salim said the Left parties had the capability of stopping the combine of “Modi bhai-Didi bhai” (Banerjee) from destroying the state. In this long poem, she has voiced her deep anguish over the relentless attempt that is being made to divide the people of India along religious lines. Because Nitish (Kumar) has won that is why she is trying to side with grand alliance.

Meanwhile, Derek O’ Brien, National Spokesperson, Trinamool Congress, and the party’s Parliamentary leader (in the Rajya Sabha) referred to BJP’s Bihar loss as a day when “India (is) saved”.

Asked why it would not support the Left in Bengal, Tyagi said “the Left didn’t support us in our fight against BJP”.