West Bengal News | Political Storm Over CM Mamata Banerjee's Appeasement Policy For Imams | News18

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West Bengal News | Political Storm Over CM Mamata Banerjee's Appeasement Policy For Imams | News18

The monthly allowance of Muslim clerics and Hindu priests in West Bengal has been hiked by Rs 500, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced as the Opposition BJP and the CPI(M) dubbed it a “cheap poll gimmick" to woo minority votes.

While addressing a conference of imams and muezzins in Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor stadium on Monday, Banerjee announced a hike of Rs 500 in the monthly allowance of Muslim Imams and Hindu priests.

“People have maligned me for my beliefs. When I attend Iftar during Ramzan, my photographs are ridiculed. BJP had even attempted to change my name. However, I don’t care about it because it is my duty to see that people of different religions don’t fight with one another," she said.

Accusing the BJP of making it an issue every time she participates in the programmes of minorities, Banerjee said she would continue to work for all communities throughout her life.

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