As political tensions rise, the fiery exchange between Mamata Banerjee and Nirmala Sitharaman sparks a fresh debate over GST and governance in Bengal.
(West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Graphic: Anandabazar.com.)
Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst
Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget was criticized by Abhishek as a “lifetime tax trap” during his Tuesday statement in the Lok Sabha. The claims were refuted by the Union Finance Minister on Wednesday. He struck back at Abhishek and Mamata “Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst“.
- West Bengal’s law and order situation has gotten worse under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s leadership. There is now a ‘bomb culture’. In the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made this assertion. In the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Nirmala also addressed the accusations made by Abhishek Banerjee, a member of the Trinamool party told himMamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst. Abhishek’s remarks, she claimed, are taking the House in the wrong path.
- The Lok Sabha is in the middle of its budget session told by Nirmala Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst. In response to inquiries about the Union Budget on Wednesday, Nirmala cited West Bengal’s state of law and order. “Only bombs work in Bengal,” she remarked. The law is ineffective. The Union Finance Minister made reference to the June 2025 assembly by-election in Kaliganj, Nadia, where a nine-year-old child named Tamanna Khatun was killed by a bomb hurled from a Trinamool victory procession. He claimed that Mamata counseled ladies in the state not to venture out on the streets after dark since she was unable to manage the law and order situation.
- West Bengal has been denied a share of the central budget, according to Trinamool’s claims from the start. Nirmala was unwilling to believe this accusation and told Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst. The West Bengal government can participate in any of the central project plans included in the budget, she said, if it so chooses, for the benefit of the state’s citizens.
- Abhishek referred to Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget as a “lifetime tax trap” during his statement in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. He asserted that taxes apply to everything, including diapers, infant milk, education, educational supplies, and medications. Even burning incense sticks during a deceased person’s memorial service is subject to taxes. Nirmala rejected Abhishek’s assertion as well. She claimed that by discussing the imposition of GST on milk, educational supplies, and education, Abhishek is deceiving the members of the Lok Sabha. Additionally, Nirmala asserted that burial services after death are exempt from GST.
- Abhishek addressed this assertion made by the Union Finance Minister. On social media, he posted, “I assumed the minister would respond today after carefully reviewing the sources of the information I presented in the Lok Sabha.” However, I might have been wrong to expect him to put in so much effort. We have two Indias. In one, it is difficult to purchase a small onion. It’s a battle to survive there. In the other, the richest man in the nation abruptly declared that he doesn’t eat onions and isn’t concerned about their cost. The FM said Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst.
Nirmala, the Union Finance Minister, was in the room when Abhishek spoke. The Diamond Harbour MP made multiple comparisons to the ‘Two Indias’ under Narendra Modi during the speech. “The slogan ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ is displayed on one side,” he remarked. On the other hand, people who speak Bengali are being beaten because they are thought to be Bangladeshis. The explosion of terrorists in Delhi itself, on the other hand. ‘Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas’ is one thing; however, West Bengal’s arrears of around two lakh crore rupees are another. “Beti Bachao, Beti Praao” is the slogan, but at the same time, one woman is attacked nationwide every 16 minutes.”Atlast FM said Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst.
- On social media, the Trinamool Congress has also made fun of Nirmala by referring to two different kinds of India. It read, “Perhaps children in Nirmala’s India drink fresh milk.” In actual India, impoverished women give their kids powdered milk and water. It is subject to a five percent GST. Perhaps there are free educational resources available in her India. Pencils, crayons, and notebooks are subject to 12% GST in India. Healthcare services are not subject to taxes in India. However, medical oxygen, insulin, and other medical goods are subject to GST in India. Incense sticks burned at funerals are also subject to taxation in our country, India.”Then Nirmal’s hitback Mamta’s Bengal only BOMB fly!Nirmala’s cannon tmc want gst.