Bengal won't make arrangements to watch Modi's live address

September 03, 2014 18:11

Possibly the only chief minister who has refused to give in to the union HRD minister's dictat (now toned down to a 'not mandatory') to 'make arrangements' for the PM's Teacher Day speech -- Mamata Banerjee.

Government schools in West Bengal will not make any arrangement for students to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live address on Teachers Day and many private schools too may skip the programme.

West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee today said the there was neither the time nor the infrastructure for making such arrangements in schools.

"We will be be very busy with our own programmes. Our Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will felicitate teachers at Netaji Indoor stadium on the day," he said.

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