NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar took a potshot at chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her gaffe, by which she claimed Bengal shared a border with Sri Lanka — positioned off the southern tip of India.
Within the clip Majumdar shared, Mamata is seen claiming that “Bengal is the border of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka”.
Calling Mamata a “failed CM”, Majumdar linked her comment to the Supreme Courtroom ruling that upheld the cancellation of the 2016 recruitment of over 25,700 academics and non-teaching employees for state authorities colleges, saying the choices have been tainted past restore.
“When the chief minister herself can’t inform the place her state ends and an island nation begins, is it any surprise certified academics are jobless whereas scams thrive?” Majumdar, who can also be the Union minister, mentioned.
“In accordance with geography knowledgeable & Failed West Bengal CM @MamataOfficial, the state now shares a border with Sri Lanka! Transfer over, maps—Didi’s creativeness has redrawn South Asia! In Mamata’s Bengal, information are elective, logic is lacking, and incompetence is a qualification,” he wrote on X.

CM Mamata is at the moment BJP warmth from the BJP over the Murshidabad violence that killed three folks. Majumdar on Monday wrote to governor CV Ananda Bose amid the circumstances of violence in components of the state on the again of anti-Waqf legislation protests.
Expressing deep concern over the tense ambiance in riot-hit Murshidabad, Majumdar urged the governor to intervene and guarantee restoration and peace and normalcy within the affected areas.
Mamata Banerjee, nevertheless, on Wednesday, addressed the tense state of affairs within the Murshidabad district in her assembly with Imams.
She additionally responded to the allegations pushed by the BJP leaders, alleging that the “Communal riot in Murshidabad was pre-planned.”