BJP Mocks Mamata For 'Bengal Borders Sri Lanka' Gaffe: 'Geography Expert, Failed CM'

BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar criticised Mamata Banerjee for inaccurately stating that Bengal borders Sri Lanka, linking it to the Supreme Court's ruling on teacher recruitment.

In the clip shared by Majumdar, Mamata is seen claiming that "Bengal is the border of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka."

Source : PTI

Taking a potshot over West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's gaffe, in which she claimed that the state claimed a border with Sri Lanka, BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar called her a failed CM. In the clip shared by Majumdar, Mamata is seen claiming that "Bengal is the border of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka."

The saffron party leader linked her remark to the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the cancellation of the 2016 recruitment of over 25,700 teachers and non-teaching staff.

"When the chief minister herself can’t tell where her state ends and an island nation begins, is it any wonder qualified teachers are jobless while scams thrive?" Majumdar, who is also the union minister, said.

#BREAKING: According to geography expert & Failed West Bengal CM @MamataOfficial, the state now shares a border with Sri Lanka! Move over, maps—Didi’s imagination has redrawn South Asia!

When the Chief Minister herself can’t tell where her state ends and an island nation begins,… pic.twitter.com/HW4zOY6mzq

— Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) April 16, 2025

"According to geography expert & Failed West Bengal CM @MamataOfficial, the state now shares a border with Sri Lanka! Move over, maps—Didi’s imagination has redrawn South Asia! In Mamata’s Bengal, facts are optional, logic is missing, and incompetence is a qualification," the BJP leader wrote on X.

The West Bengal chief minister is already facing criticism from the BJP over the violence in Murshidabad. A total of three people have been killed in the conflict. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has also accused Banerjee of inciting violence by her remarks asking people to protest against the Waqf Act and declaring that she will not implement it in her state.

The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, speaking at a press conference, asked how the West Bengal CM can declare she will not implement the amended Waqf Act passed by the Parliament. How? How can she say she will not implement it? She is sitting in a constitutional position, and the law is passed by a constitutional body, then how can she say that she will not follow something that is constitutional, he said in response to reporters' queries regarding Banerjee's statement that the Act will not be implemented in West Bengal.

In response to queries about the Waqf Act-related violence in that state, Rijiju blamed Banerjee for it. The CM is visibly inciting violence by asking people to protest and saying that she will not follow the law passed by the Parliament, he said.

Fresh episodes of Waqf (Amendment) Act-related violence rocked the Bhangar area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday. Earlier, violence related to the act had occurred in the Murshidabad district of the state.