"Do I Have To Sweep Streets Now?" Mamata Banerjee Raps Civic Body Chiefs
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The meeting assumes significance as the ruling party was trailing in 69 out of the 121 civic bodies in the recent Lok Sabha polls, a deeper scrutiny of the Lok Sabha results shows.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a scathing question for the state's civic body chiefs today: "Even streets are not swept. Do I have to step out to sweep the streets now?" Ms Banerjee was speaking at a meeting held in the state secretariat, Nabanna, attended by municipal body chiefs, her cabinet colleagues and a few MLAs.
"Some people are taking bribes and allowing encroachment. Why don't you understand that Bengal's identity is being tarnished because you people are taking money? Wherever there is land, it is being encroached," she said.
The meeting assumes significance as the ruling party - now gearing up for the civic elections that are to be held in the state next year - was trailing in 69 out of the 121 civic bodies in the recent Lok Sabha polls, a deeper scrutiny of the Lok Sabha results shows.
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