Quotes by Mamata Banerjee

About Mamata Banerjee:

Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC or TMC) in 1997 and became its chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress. She is often referred to as Didi (meaning elder sister in Bengali). In 2011 Banerjee pulled off a landslide victory for the TMC Congress alliance in West Bengal by defeating the 34-year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government, the world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government.
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Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.

Mamata Banerjee

We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.

Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee is just a casual worker, just like a commoner.

Mamata Banerjee

Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.

Mamata Banerjee

Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.

Mamata Banerjee

I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.

Mamata Banerjee

Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.

Mamata Banerjee

Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then...

Mamata Banerjee

We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.

Mamata Banerjee

I don't think the elite class is only speaking the good English.

Mamata Banerjee

I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me.

Mamata Banerjee

I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.

Mamata Banerjee

Author Bio

  • NameMamata Banerjee
  • DescriptionChief Minister of Indian state of West Bengal
  • BornJanuary 5, 1955
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionPolitician; Painter
  • AwardsCNN-IBN Indian Of The Year