Trinamool is taking “Times Now” to the court for slandering the Chief Minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Meanwhile, Party’s Rajya Sabha Leader and Chief National spokesperson Derek O’Brien filed an FIR against the news agency at Kareya Police Station in Kolkata on behalf of Trinamool.
It is learnt that on October 25 this year,” Times Now” broadcast a live show titled ‘Nation Wants to Know’ hosted by Swati Joshi. The discussion was on the topic of 142nd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Tuhin Sinha, Niraja Chowdhury and Ashutosh Mishra were the invited guests. But from the beginning of the conversation, many insulting statements had been made against the Trinamool Supremo, which was nothing but an ugly attack against the Leader.
The BJP government has given a dictum to observe ‘Ekta Day’ in every state on the occasion of Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary. On this occasion, the UGC gave fatwas to hold special programs in every school. Trinamool did not agree to comply with this autocratic order.
Party General Secretery Partha Chattopadhyay said, the state will not comply with the dictum of the center in this regard. Swati had made objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee related to this noncompliance in the said program at “Times Now” . She said that Mamata is snubbing a person who was instrumental for a unified India, which means she is supporting Pakistan from her side. It did not stop there, Swati and Tuhin both said that the infiltrators form the vote bank of Mamata Banerjee, and expressed their concern that due to her Vote Bank politics Bengal will become Mini Pakistan.
Once such comments reached to the masses, the who’s who of Bengal Politics become truly annoyed. They started showing their strong disagreement against ‘Times Now’ on social media. The supporters demanded that “Times Now” should apologize immediately. Party’s Rajya Sabha Leader and Chief National spokesperson Derek O’Brien strongly condemned the act and filed an FIR against “Times Now” in Kolkata’s Kareya police station.
