'Don't humiliate me': Mamata's top quotes on skipping meeting with PM Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has explained why she skipped a meeting scheduled with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging the central government was humiliating her.

Banerjee held a press conference in Kolkata on Saturday to allege that her government is being harassed as it worked to control the coronavirus pandemic. She objected to the central government transferring Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Bengal’s top civil servant as chief secretary, and circulating photographs of empty chairs reserved for the chief minister and her team for their meeting with Modi on Friday.

Here are select quotes from her conference:

• “Within minutes of my