US EditionMamata Banerjee heckled at Oxford during speech, as student protestors raise RG Kar issue
- Mamata Banerjee faced protests during her speech at Oxford University, where audience members disrupted her with hostile questions regarding the RG Kar case and her governance in West Bengal.
- Banerjee called the protestors 'ultra-left and communal' and urged them not to politicize the event, stating, 'Do not turn this into a political stage.'
- She claimed that the issue of RG Kar is sub judice and criticized the protestors for their political agenda, saying, 'Tell your party to increase its strength in our state.'
- Despite the disruption, Banerjee aims to highlight her welfare schemes and attract investments while facing scrutiny from the BJP over her statements and governance.
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News Room OdishaMamata Banerjee returns to Kolkata, avoids interaction with media at airport
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee returned to Kolkata from her eight-day UK trip on Saturday evening but, unlike her conventional ways, avoided interaction with the mediapersons at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here. On arrival in Kolkata, she just waved at the Trinamool Congress activists who assembled outside the airport to greet her, went inside her car, and left the airport. So naturally, there was no…
Mamata Banerjee heckled at Oxford during speech, as student protestors raise RG Kar issue
The United Kingdom (UK) unit of Students’ Federation of India took to social media and said that the protests were organised by them; Mamata identifies the protesters as “left and ultra-left and communal friends”. “
Mamata Banerjee heckled by protesters during Oxford event, holds up 1990s photo of attack in response
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's speech at Oxford University's Kellogg College was disrupted by protests, with audience members raising slogans and questioning her government. In response, Banerjee held up an old photo of herself from the 1990s, claiming it as proof of an attack against her in the past.
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