Piyush Goyal slams Mamata govt for indulging in communalism
Union Railways and Coal minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal alleging that it was indulging in "communalism" by stopping one community from celebrating its religious festival.
"In an attempt to appease a section of the society the (Mamata Banerjee) government is trying to stop one community from celebrating its religious festival. This must stop forthwith," Goyal said when asked about the recent comment of state Education minister Partha Chatterjee that Centre was trying to saffronise education.
"The Modi government has not taken a single step to cause any harm to any section of the society. We believe in equal opportunity for all," he said on the sidelines of a programmme at the IIMC here.
"It
is
sad
that
the
state
government
is
politicising
each
and
everything,"
he
said.
Goyal
said
that
"Trinamool
Congress
is
losing
support
and
the
people
in
the
state
are
yearning
for
a
change
in
2019."
Reacting to the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, Goyal said that any person losing his/her life is very sad and hoped that Karnataka government will take necessary steps to book the culprits.
PTI