Mamata loses temper at book fair
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 06.02.2013
Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is said to have publicly screamed at her securitymen at the Kolkata Book Fair on Wednesday evening after she got out of the wrong gate and could not find her car. While her guards scrambled to clear a way for her Santro through the traffic jumble at boi mela, the CM lost patience and started walking towards Park Circus crossing. Scores of passersby stopped on seeing her on the road and a crowd quickly gathered, triggering a potential security nightmare.
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Security mess at CM boi mela visit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 06.02.2013
Kolkata:There was a security scare during chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to the Kolkata Book Fair on Wednesday evening when she exited via the wrong gate, putting her guards on the tenterhooks.
The CM was very upset at not finding her car and shouted at her security officers. Sources say she walked out of Gate No 3, expecting to find the car she had left at Gate No 1. A senior officer hinted that the CM’s “unscheduled movement” gave no time to police to place her car in the changed location as it is difficult to move through the massive crowds and traffic jams.
Mamata entered the fairground around 7.55pm through the main gate (No 3) on Wednesday and headed for the Jago Bangla stall to release her book and some CDs. Artist Suvaprasanna and Trinamool student leader Shanku Deb Ponda were waiting for her along with officials of the Publishers and Book Sellers’ Guild. “She had a book release programme,” said Ponda.
After spending nearly half an hour, she walked out but this time she took Gate No 1 that is towards JBS Haldane Avenue. Her security unit was not prepared for this sudden change of route. “It was scheduled that she would leave via the main gate so her car was kept there,” said an officer. Her guards scrambled to get her Santro to Gate No 1.
Mamata, meanwhile, was surprised on not seeing her car. After waiting for about two minutes, she started walking on the road. Police threw a security ring around her and stopped traffic, but they could not maintain the cordon as scores of people rushed towards her., shouting ‘Didi, Didi”. Some got close enough to shake hands with the CM.
After walking for about two minutes, Mamata stopped and turned back towards the gate with a grim face. It was then that she was reportedly seen screaming at her securitymen. Alittle later, her car arrived.
Passersby throng the CM as she walks down JBS Haldane Avenue
Video of Mamata's derogatory comment at personal security personnel in Kolkata Book Fair 2013
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