Don’t teach me foreign policy: Mamata on MEA’s remarks on sheltering people fleeing Bangladesh
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday asserted that the Centre “should not teach her foreign policy,” hitting back at the statement of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that the subject comes under the domain of the Centre over her remarks that she will shelter shelter people fleeing the unrest in Bangladesh.Banerjee’s remarks at the Martyr’s Day Rally that she will provide shelter to Indian nationals from Bangladesh, which is in the grip of a crisis, had prompted the Centre to say that foreign affairs come under its prerogative.
On Friday, interacting with reporters in Delhi, she asserted that the MEA should not teach her foreign policies. “I know foreign policy better than anyone else. They should not try to teach me. They should learnt instead,” Banerjee s...