Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded Friday that the Centre should declare a three-day mourning for the slain CRPF troopers in the Pulwama terror strike, and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flagging off the Vande Bharat Express in the aftermath of the tragic incident.
“I am sorry to say that the Prime Minister inaugurated one rail project on Friday. If anything serious happens, we should avoid all political and even government programmes,” Banerjee told mediapersons here on her return from New Delhi late in the evening.
Banerjee also attacked the Prime Minister for not declaring a three-day mourning. “Why didn’t he (Modi) declare three days’ mourning? Only when political leaders die, a three-day mourning is declared, not when so many soldiers die. Why is it so? It means you do not understand the feelings of the people,” stated Banerjee.
“I demand 72-hour mourning for the CRPF troopers as they sacrificed their lives for the nation. At least for (showing) national respect,” added the Trinamool Congress supremo.
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