Left first, Mamata last, to garland Netaji statue

January 23, 2012 16:57

Nipping controversy in the bud, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today requested Left leaders belonging to the opposition to garland the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near Raj Bhavan at the main function on the leader's 116 birth anniversary today.

As per convention the chief minister garlands the statue of Netaji first followed by the council of ministers and opposition leaders, to observe the day as 'Deshapran Diwas'.

The Kendriya Netaji Janmotsav Committee of which Ashok Ghosh, Forward Bloc veteran, is the chairman, was upset that it did not figure in the list of those who would garland the statue. The matter also came up at the Left Front meeting on Saturday. It was decided therefore that the Left leaders would go to the venue and garland Netaji's statue after the chief minister followed by her council of ministers did so.

The chief minister after reaching the venue took a seat among the audience instead of going to the dais. Ashok Ghosh followed by Left Front chairman Biman Bose, CPI leader Manju Kumar Majumdar and RSP leaders Kshiti Goswami and Manoj Bhattacharya after their arrival were first invited to garland the statue, which they did one by one. After this Trinamool Congress leaders garlanded the statue, with the chief minister doing so last.

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