KOLKATA: The West Bengal meeting on Thursday paid homage to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, and former chief of the opposition in the state, Pankaj Banerjee.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who shared a cordial relationship with the three politicians, especially Vajpayee, is recently on an administrative tour to the districts and used to be now not present in the meeting.
Mamata Banerjee used to be the railway minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government,
State ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya, Firhad Hakim, and BJP's state president Dilip Ghosh were amongst those who paid homage to the departed leaders.
Ghosh recalled his first assembly with Vajpayee during a celebration rally in Mumbai and the way the previous PM had handled a scenario along with his wit.
Vajpayee passed away in August this 12 months on the age of 93. He used to be the primary non-Congress Prime Minister to complete his five-year time period.
Satgachia MLA Sonali Guha recollected assembly Somnath Chatterjee, a ten-time MP and former speaker of the Lok Sabha, who too passed away in August. Guha described the assembly as an "experience of a lifetime".
The veteran Marxist chief used to be expelled from the CPI(M) after he refused to hand over the put up of speaker of the Lok Sabha following the celebration's withdrawal of beef up to the then Manmohan Singh government over its plans to signal a nuclear take care of the USA.
Hakim mentioned that the passing away of the three leaders created a void that may be very tough to fill.
Hakim additionally paid homage to Pankaj Banerjee and stated his immense contribution to the Trinamool Congress.
Pankaj Banerjee, the previous chief of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, used to be a founding member of the Trinamool Congress. He passed away in October this 12 months.
After Trinamool Congress was the largest opposition celebration in 2001, Banerjee was the Leader of the Opposition, a put up he served till 2006.
Banerjee, on the other hand, had announced his retirement from politics in 2006.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who shared a cordial relationship with the three politicians, especially Vajpayee, is recently on an administrative tour to the districts and used to be now not present in the meeting.
Mamata Banerjee used to be the railway minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government,
State ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya, Firhad Hakim, and BJP's state president Dilip Ghosh were amongst those who paid homage to the departed leaders.
Ghosh recalled his first assembly with Vajpayee during a celebration rally in Mumbai and the way the previous PM had handled a scenario along with his wit.
Vajpayee passed away in August this 12 months on the age of 93. He used to be the primary non-Congress Prime Minister to complete his five-year time period.
Satgachia MLA Sonali Guha recollected assembly Somnath Chatterjee, a ten-time MP and former speaker of the Lok Sabha, who too passed away in August. Guha described the assembly as an "experience of a lifetime".
The veteran Marxist chief used to be expelled from the CPI(M) after he refused to hand over the put up of speaker of the Lok Sabha following the celebration's withdrawal of beef up to the then Manmohan Singh government over its plans to signal a nuclear take care of the USA.
Hakim mentioned that the passing away of the three leaders created a void that may be very tough to fill.
Hakim additionally paid homage to Pankaj Banerjee and stated his immense contribution to the Trinamool Congress.
Pankaj Banerjee, the previous chief of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, used to be a founding member of the Trinamool Congress. He passed away in October this 12 months.
After Trinamool Congress was the largest opposition celebration in 2001, Banerjee was the Leader of the Opposition, a put up he served till 2006.
Banerjee, on the other hand, had announced his retirement from politics in 2006.
WB assembly pays homage to veteran leaders
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