As the foundation day of the Trinamool Congress's student wing TMCP was celebrated on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari ridiculed the event, questioning whether the ruling party in the state was aware of the significance of such an organisation.
Adhikari said the Trinamool Congress' student wing was named after the original "Chhatra Parishad" that was actually the West Bengal unit of the student wing of the Indian National Congress formed by iconic state Congress leaders like Late Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and Late Subrata Mukherjee, who once were considered two major allies of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the state.
"Today is not the establishment day of the Trinamool Student Council but the imitation day! Like other things you have 'stolen' today as is your natural habit, so as to take away the credit of the original founders like Priya Da and Subrata Da," Adhikari said in a statement posted on his official X handle in the morning.
Adhikari had also claimed in the message that the Chief Minister and her party were only deliberately delaying the process of holding student union elections in several institutes across the state. This, according to him, was a deliberate ploy to prevent students from raising their voices against alleged corrupt practices.
You are well aware that students and youths play a huge role not only in the social field but also in the state's formation; hence, you all, along with design, have deliberately stopped the student council's election for the last 9 years so that the new generation of student leadership can raise their voice against your corruptionist and corrupt government. Do not shake your mattress on the road," the message by Adhikari reads.
He further questioned how concerned the Chief Minister was with regard to the bright future of the students. "And how worried are you about the bright future of students? During your tenure, education department corruption, selling jobs, wrong question papers, leaking question papers before exams, looting crores of rupees by ministers like Partha Chatterjee, forcing legitimate job seekers to sit on the road for years, etc. can be understood through events," added the message.
TMCP Foundation Day is being dedicated to the memory of the lady doctor from the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata who fell victim to the ghastly rape and murder earlier this month," said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier in a X post.
Today, I dedicate Trinamool Chhatra Parishad Foundation Day to our sister whom we mourned the tragic loss at RG Kar Hospital a few days ago. And please, our heartfelt condolences to the family of the sister who was brutally tortured to death and seeking speedy justice, and to all the women of all ages across India who have been subjected to such inhumane acts. Sorry," the Chief Minister said in the post.
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