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A large number of people from across West Bengal numbering in lakhs have congregated at Esplanade, the city’s downtown area, for the mega Martyr’s Day rally by ruling Trinamool Congress being held amidst tight security on Thursday.
As per PTI report, Addressing the rally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee trained her guns at the BJP saying, BJP is trying to break the government everywhere, this has become their job. In West Bengal, they tried to defeat us but could not succeed. It has been raining here and roads were full of water but our supporters did not move .
Mamata took on the Centre over recent GST hike too saying, Now that GST has been imposed on puffed rice as well, so will the people of BJP not eat that now. GST is levied on sweets, lassi, and curd. What will people eat? GST is even imposed when a patient is hospitalized
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The annual rally is being held after a gap of two years due to the pandemic and enthusiastic party supporters started arriving at the venue from as early as 4 am in trains, buses and private vehicles. Many of them have arrived in the city two days ago for the rally and have been housed in camps.
TMC observes Martyrs’ Day on July 21 every year to commemorate the killing of 13 people in police firing on a Youth Congress rally against the then Left Front government in 1993 when Banerjee was the YC state president.
