Mamata defends Mayor’s niece

She said the Mayor's niece was a bachcha meye [little girl] and blamed the traffic police constable for seizing her driving license.

May 27, 2015 12:00 am | Updated September 21, 2016 11:28 am IST - KOLKATA:

Defending Kolkata Mayor Sovon Chatterjee’s niece Debapriya Chatterjee, who had allegedly assaulted a traffic cop, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Tuesday that she was a bachcha meye [little girl] and blamed the traffic police constable for seizing her driving license.

Describing the incident involving ‘little girls’, Ms. Banerjee said while she didn’t want to interfere in the matter, she suggested that everybody required some counselling.

Commenting on the Chief Minister’s remarks, Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra said Ms. Banerjee required counselling. “Her comments in the Assembly amount to interfering with the probe. Will the police be able to make proper investigation after the Chief Minister makes such a comment,” he questioned.

Ridiculing Ms. Banerjee’s comment, State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Rahul Sinha said at a public meeting that while there was no punishment for the Mayor’s niece, the traffic constable was made to feel punished for doing his duty.

Meanwhile, Ms. Chatterjee took to a micro blogging website to lash out at those who ridiculed her for dropping her uncle’s name to evade the law. Complaining at news reports at getting her age wrong, she claimed on Twitter that neither was she drunk, nor did she hit anyone. She also posted a picture of the copy of the complaint that she lodged at the Tollygunge police station on the night of May 22.

, blames cops for seizing ‘little girl’s’ licence

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