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Mamata Banerjee alleges 'bad handling' of Assam situation

Press Trust of India | Posted on Nov 18, 2012 at 12:18am IST

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday flayed the "bad handling" of the violence at Kokrajhar district in the neighbouring state of Assam.

"West Bengal has to bear the after-effect of violence in Assam. We do not support riots. Bad handling (of the situation)," she said without elaborating.

Her comments came after four persons were killed in Kokrajhar on Friday night amid indefinite curfew taking the toll in the fresh wave of violence between Bodos and Muslim migrants in the lower Assam district to 10.

Mamata alleges \'bad handling\' of Assam situation

Mamata\'s comments came after four persons were killed in Kokrajhar on Friday night.

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Mamata Banerjee

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Mamata Banerjee is the 11th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded All India Trinamool Congress in 1997 and became chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress. ...

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