Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has ridiculed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to postpone her visit to disaster-affected North Bengal for attending Durga idol carnival in Kolkata on Sunday. Mamata Banerjee is slated to visit disaster-affected North Bengal on Monday afternoon.
The opposition sharply criticised the state’s decision to go ahead with the glittering procession in Kolkata despite the calamity in the north, accusing the government of prioritising festival over devastation.
“For her, the carnival comes first, emergency later. It is shocking that she avoided visiting Darjeeling only to attend a carnival. Was it necessary amid such devastation?” the BJP leader said.
“Another glaring example of the neglect and stepmotherly treatment towards the people of North Bengal by the government of the Honorable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee! Due to devastating floods and landslides in North Bengal, at least 50,000 people from Cooch Behar to Kalimpong have become homeless. They are spending their days in fear and anxiety on the embankments with their livestock, with no end to their suffering due to the lack of food and water. But in the eyes of this government’s administration, the people of North Bengal have no value. Therefore, carnivals take precedence during times of disaster,” Adhikari wrote in Bangla on social media platform X.
মাননীয়া মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের সরকারের উত্তরবঙ্গের মানুষের প্রতি অবহেলার ও বিমাতৃসুলভ আচরণের আরেকটা জ্বলন্ত উদাহরণ !
উত্তরবঙ্গে ভয়াবহ বন্যা ও ধসের কারণে কোচবিহার থেকে কালিম্পং পর্যন্ত অন্তত ৫০ হাজার মানুষ আশ্রয়হীন হয়ে পড়েছেন। তারা বাঁধের ওপর গবাদি পশু নিয়ে… https://t.co/U1YRCXkdXs
— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) October 5, 2025