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At last,
AMU Murshidabad foundation stone laid; Pranab applauds WB Govt.
Saturday November 20, 2010 05:12:48 PM,
IANS
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Ahiran
(West Bengal): A day after meeting Trinamool Congress
chief Mamata Banerjee to secure her support on the 2G spectrum
scam, Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee
Saturday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
for his developmental work.
"Buddhadeb babu always extends his helping hand in development
projects. He has helped in bringing the Aligarh Muslim University
campus here too," Mukherjee said at the foundation stone laying
function of the AMU campus in Suti-I block of Murshidabad
district.
The Finance Minister also endorsed Bhattacharjee's remarks that it
was Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Rajya Sabha member
Moinul Hassan who had first broached the idea of setting up an AMU
campus in Murshidabad, after learning that the university was
looking to set up centres in other parts of the country as well.
"It is through our joint efforts that we have been able to move
forward on the project and lay the foundation stone today,"
Mukherjee said.
Bhattacharjee too did not hesitate in praising the finance
minister.
Describing Mukherjee as "our respected leader", Bhattacharjee said
he had written to the Prime Minister as soon as he got to know of
AMU's expansion plans.
"And of course, I contacted Pranabda, and told him without your
help we can't go ahead," he said.
The function was held some 60 kms from Baharampur, headquarters of
Murshidabad district, a backward and the only Muslim majority
district of the state.
Pranab Mukherjee late Friday hosted key United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) ally and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee at his
south Kolkata residence to secure her party's support on the 2G
spectrum scam.
After the meeting, Banerjee had reiterated her party's support to
the Prime Minister. "We were with the prime minister. We are with
the prime minister. We will be with the prime minister. We will
meet the challenges of the opposition unitedly in parliament," she
said.
Banerjee is gearing up to throw a formidable challenge to the
CPI-M led Left Front (LF) government - which has been ruling the
state uninterruptedly since 1977 - in the assembly polls next
year.
Trinamool, in fact, has issued a directive to its leaders not to
attend functions where LF ministers would be present, an
indication of their animosity.
However, the Trinamool has on several occasions expressed its
unhappiness with Mukherjee for attending programmes alongside LF
ministers, particularly Bhattacharjee, and lauding the state
government for its development work.
Mukherjee, on his part, has steadfastly claimed that development
should be kept away from political battles.
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