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Days after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman<\/a> criticised Mamata Banerjee<\/a>, her Cabinet colleague Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday lashed out at the Chief Minister, claiming she does not believe in constitutional propriety. He pointed out that the state government had refused to allow Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to hold a virtual meeting with state universities\u2019 vice chancellors.<\/p>\n

Meghwal made the comments at a virtual rally for the people of the state. He said all three elements of the Trinamool Congress\u2019 (TMC) slogan \u201cMa, Mati, Manush [mother, soil and people]\u201d were in distress.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chief Minister does not believe in constitutional propriety. It is surprising to see that her officials do not allow the state governor to visit universities, when he is the chancellor of such institutes,\u201d said the Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Dhankhar had sent a letter to Banerjee, expressing his displeasure at not being allowed to hold the conference with the vice chancellors.<\/p>\n

Meghwal claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAtmanirbhar Bharat [Self-reliant India]\u201d mission would help the country become a major power.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the country becoming an \u2018atmanirbhar desh\u2019 and the most advanced country. The PM wants to make India \u2018atmanirbhar\u2019 in every way, from thought-process to goal implementation,\u201d said the minister.<\/p>\n

Meghwal said India achieved four major successes within a year of the start of Modi\u2019s second tenure as Prime Minister. The four achievements were the abolition of Article 370<\/a> and Article 35A<\/a> that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Supreme Court nod for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, and a law banning triple talaq<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Referring to the BJP<\/a>\u2019s success in 2019 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, and next year\u2019s Assembly elections, Meghwal said, \u201cThe slogan of \u201819 mein half, 21 mein saaf [half of the job done in 2019, a whitewash in 2021]\u2019 is likely to come true, and the Trinamool Congress will be ousted in next year\u2019s elections in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Union Minister of State Babul Supriyo, who attended the virtual rally, also hit out at the Chief Minister. He claimed Banerjee continues to work as a TMC leader. \u201cShe has always behaved like a TMC supremo and not as a chief minister of the people of the state,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Supriyo claimed people in the state were unfortunate as the state had not developed in the last 43 years \u2014 34 years of Left Front rule and nine years of the current TMC administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cDidi has adopted all that were bad under the Left rule and taken those to greater heights,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Calling the CM \u201cspeed-breaker Didi\u201d, an epithet used by Modi to address Banerjee during the Lok Sabha election campaign, the BJP MP alleged she had put up barriers on the path of growth and development of the state.<\/p>\n

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