West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday celebrated Raksha Bandhan with former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai.
Banerjee tied rakhi to Thackeray and received clicked along with his household. The Trinamool Congress posted the photographs of the 2 leaders celebrating Raksha Bandhan on X. “Today, Hon’ble Chief Minister Smt @MamataOfficial celebrated Rakhi with Uddhav Thackerey ji and his family at his residence in Mumbai. They exchanged good wishes and celebrated the special day with smile and laughter”, TMC posted.
Banerjee is in Mumbai for the two-day opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc assembly in India’s monetary capital starting Thursday. Opposition leaders from 26 political events can be attending the third assembly of the bloc.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee ties rakhi on Uddhav Thackeray’s wrist at his residence in Mumbai.(X/AITC)
“In this meeting, we will decide our action plan, the structuring of the organisation, the logo, and how we will contest in Parliament (2024 Lok Sabha elections),” Congress chief Naseer Hussain instructed PTI on the agenda for the assembly.
The opposition alliance assembly is being held days after the Centre diminished LPG fuel cylinder costs by ₹200 for all of the customers. The authorities authorized an extra subsidy of ₹200 below the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), taking the entire quantity of subsidy to ₹400.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as the transfer a present to ‘sisters’ for Raksha Bandhan, the opposition has questioned the timing of the choice.
“Till now, only TWO meetings have been held in the past TWO months by the INDIA alliance and today, we see that LPG prices have gone down by Rs. 200. This is the might of INDIA!” Banerjee had posted on X.
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Earlier, Mamata Banerjee celebrated Raksha Bandhan with Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and his household at his residence in Mumbai. “I think they (Bachchan family) are the No.1 family. He (Amitabh Bachchan) is our ‘Bharat Ratna’ and had it been under my control, I would have conferred him the award (Bharat Ratna) long back”, she instructed reporters.
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