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President Droupadi Murmu connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) expressed disappointment with the West Bengal Government for not adhering to the desired protocol to person her astatine an lawsuit successful State’s Darjeeling district.
The President besides expressed anguish implicit the lack of Ministers of the State Government astatine the lawsuit successful Darjeeling.
“If the President visits a place, the Chief Minister and the Ministers should besides come. But she did not... I americium besides a girl of Bengal... Mamata Didi is besides my sister, my younger sister. I don’t cognize if she was aggravated with me; that’s wherefore this happened,” Ms. Murmu said.
The State Government had besides changed the venue of the International Santhal Conference, wherever the President was participating, citing fears of congestion.
“Had the programme been held determination (at Bidhannagar), it would person been better. There is ample abstraction there, and galore radical could person attended. But I bash not cognize wherefore the authorities medication did not licence the gathering there. Today’s programme is being held astatine specified a spot that it is hard for radical to travel here. Perhaps the State Government does not privation the payment of tribals, and that is wherefore they were prevented from coming here,” President Murmu said.
Initially the lawsuit was scheduled to beryllium held astatine Bidhannagar nether Phansidewa successful the Darjeeling territory but was aboriginal shifted to Gossainpur successful Bagdogra connected the outskirts of Siliguri successful the aforesaid district.
(With PTI inputs)
