The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday criticized West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee for not turning up at chief minister's meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'irresponsible behavior'.
The party added that no prior engagements of her's can surpass the importance about the priority of India.
"It is highly irresponsible behaviour of the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, when she says that she did not want to come for the meetings of chief ministers tomorrow to be held in Delhi. She says that she has certain engagements which were decided previously," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told ANI here.
"Miss Mamataji no other engagement has more importance than the priority of India. You can hold every other engagement to the second tier, but you cannot hold India's priority on the second tier. So you should come and attend the meeting," he said.
Patra further criticised TMC saying that a politician cannot shrug off an all important meeting citing Sunday or for that matter any other day.
"Secondly, her party says that because it's a Sunday Mamata Banerjee would not be able to come for the meeting. There are no Sundays, Mondays, and weekends for politicians," he said
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"Every day is a day when a politician should be striving for development of India and Miss Mamata Banerjee has to realise this. There is nothing more important than India, none of her prior engagements, neither a Sunday or a holiday," he added.
The West Bengal Chief Minister, according to reports , will not be attending the Sunday's meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Modi over reconstitution of Planning commission. There is a strong possibility that she may send someone on her behalf to attend the meeting.