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Published 13:26 IST, September 15th 2019

Mamata Banerjee Claims Super-Emergency on International Democracy Day

Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, took to Twitter to speak about International Day of Democracy on Sunday, claiming super-emergency in the nation.

Reported by: Sheetal Shenoy
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Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, took to Twitter to speak about the International Day of Democracy on Sunday. She tweeted, saying that during the current super-emergency in our nation, citizens have to do everything in their power to protect our rights and freedom. She also encouraged the people to take a pledge to safeguard the constitutional values that our nation was founded on. Trinamool Congress party which is headed by Banerjee has been claiming 'super-emergency' as well.

Read: Mamata Banerjee: High Traffic Fines "too Harsh", Won't Impose In WB

Read: JP Nadda Accuses: 'Trinamool Murdering Democracy' In West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee Celebrates the Third Anniversary

Mamata Banerjee celebrated the third anniversary of the handing over parchas (documents) of lands forcibly acquired back from the farmers on September 14. Lands were acquired from the farmers against their will by the Left Front government for Tata's Nano factory in Singur. The CM took to Twitter to wish everyone, tweeting, "Today marks the third anniversary of the historic day when our Govt of Bangla handed over to farmers the parchas of land forcibly acquired in Singur." The parchas were handed over to 9,117 farmers and cheques were given to 806 people of Singur. The Trinamool Congress described the occasion as a 'historic day' for West Bengal. Maa, Mati, Manush (Mother, Motherland and People) was a political slogan coined by Banerjee before 2009 General Elections. It eventually became the signature slogan of Banerjee and her party.

Read: Mamata Banerjee In Singur: 'Committed To Farmers, And Also Industry

Read: Mamata On Hindi Divas: Respect All Languages, Not Over Mother Tongue

Updated 14:29 IST, September 15th 2019

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