BJP’s ‘geography knowledgeable’ dig at Mamata’s ‘Bengal borders Sri Lanka’ gaffe | India News

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar took a potshot at chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her gaffe, during which she claimed Bengal shared a border with Sri Lanka — situated off the southern tip of India.
In the clip Majumdar shared, Mamata is seen claiming that “Bengal is the border of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka”.
Calling Mamata a “failed CM”, Majumdar linked her comment to the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the cancellation of the 2016 recruitment of over 25,700 academics and non-teaching employees for state authorities colleges, saying the picks have been tainted past restore.
“When the chief minister herself can’t tell where her state ends and an island nation begins, is it any wonder qualified teachers are jobless while scams thrive?” Majumdar, who can also be the Union minister, mentioned.
“According to geography expert & Failed West Bengal CM @MamataOfficial, the state now shares a border with Sri Lanka! Move over, maps—Didi’s imagination has redrawn South Asia! In Mamata’s Bengal, facts are optional, logic is missing, and incompetence is a qualification,” he wrote on X.

CM Mamata is presently BJP warmth from the BJP over the Murshidabad violence that killed three individuals. Majumdar on Monday wrote to governor CV Ananda Bose amid the circumstances of violence in elements of the state on the again of anti-Waqf legislation protests.
Expressing deep concern over the tense environment in riot-hit Murshidabad, Majumdar urged the governor to intervene and guarantee restoration and peace and normalcy within the affected areas.
Mamata Banerjee, nonetheless, on Wednesday, addressed the tense scenario within the Murshidabad district in her assembly with Imams.
She additionally responded to the allegations pushed by the BJP leaders, alleging that the “Communal riot in Murshidabad was pre-planned.”