Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday took jibes at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP for raising funds from dinners and rallies attended by their top leaders.
Launching her Trinamool Congress' manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, Banerjee mocked the AAP without naming it in an apparent reference to the recent fund-raising dinner organised in Bangalore during its leader Arvind Kejriwal's visit to the southern city.
"Nowadays, people are even taking money for lunch and dinner. There are different prices for different seats. If you sit in front you pay more... maybe they had different prices for vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, different rates for plain water and coloured water," said Banerjee with a chuckle.
While not taking the names of the Bharatiya Janata Party or its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, she remarked that some political parties were collecting donations from people to sit in the front row of their rallies.
"I can't think even about doing such a thing ... For first row seats, one has to pay Rs.1 lakh. I hate to talk of about this," said the Trinamool supremo.
She also showed her amusement over "free water" promised by AAP in its manifesto.
"I heard in some places there is tax on water. But here in Bengal people get it for free. I haven't heard that people will have to pay money to get water. In Bengal, water will always remain free," she said.
Banerjee yet again seemingly targeted the newly formed AAP when she wondered how some recently established parties were getting "lakhs and lakhs" of rupees.
"Electoral reform is one of our topmost priorities, and state funding of elections is imperative. Even parties newly formed are getting lakhs and lakhs of rupees. I can't understand from where they are getting this money," she said.
Bangladesh will reply to injustice by winning next World Cup
Dhaka, March 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Sports Minister Biren Sikder on Sunday said his country will win the next cricket World Cup.He blamed ‘umpiring bias’ for the exit of the Tigers from
From a replica of the Ram temple to Madhubani art, what did PM Modi gift during his visit to five countries
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented precious gifts related to India's cultural heritage to the heads of countries he met during his recent five-nation visit. These gifts not only reflect India's
Sun Breaks: Scientists made a shocking claim, a large part of the sun broke apart
Scientists have made a shocking claim about the sun. Scientists have said that a large part of the sun has been broken into pieces. The James Webb Space Telescope has observed this event of the sun
Open challenge to ED for the first time: Jharkhand CM Soren first said - if you have courage, then arrest, then asked for 3 weeks
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was called by the ED at 11.30 am on Thursday for questioning in the illegal mining and money laundering case, but he did not turn up. On the contrary, he gave a
Indian Embassy carried out Mission Impossible in Poland: Hundreds of Indian students brought out by entering 30 km inside Ukraine border
After the Russian attack on Ukraine, Indian students had to walk several kilometers before the Poland border. Then the news also started coming that Ukraine Border Police is torturing Indians, in such
Weather Update: Haze of pollution in Delhi-NCR, there is an alert of snow with rain in Himachal and Uttarakhand
Pollution has increased significantly in the capital Delhi for the last several days. Meanwhile, in many areas of Delhi-NCR, there is smog due to pollution. The sky is not visible during the day due
India-America: Hopkins declares Indian-American student as 'world's most brilliant student' for the second time in a row
US-based John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has declared Indian-American schoolgirl Natasha Periyanayagam as the 'world's most brilliant student' for the second year in a row, based on the results
U19 WC 2024 Final: There will be a title battle between Australia and India, captain Uday Saharan is confident of victory
Captain of the Indian team, which reached the Under-19 World Cup final for the fifth consecutive time, Uday Saharan has given credit for this to the mutual coordination of the players and said that
WTC Final: 'It would have been better to have played the final', Ashwin's pain spilled over being kept out against Australia
Ravichandran Ashwin, the world's number-one Test bowler, did not get a chance to play in the final of the World Test Championship. Captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid did not include him in
What to do in case of an air raid, how to extinguish a fire... From Jammu to UP; how is the preparation for mock drills going on across the country?
After the Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian government is in a mood to take strict action against Pakistan. It is expected that the Indian Army can take decisive action against the terrorists and
