These days I do not have enough patience to read the news stories thoroughly. I read only a few lines and make up the rest. For example, when I came across
this back and forth between
Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi, all I could do was skim through the article. In the following paragraphs, I present the text of their respective speeches for your reading pleasure. I have used bold letters for the original quotes. The less bold ones have originated from my feeble mind.
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Mamata Banerjee
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Mamata Banerjee said, "Amra dumurer phool noi (We are not a seasonal flower rarely seen) that we will appear like cuckoos before elections, chirp, and fly away.
"I am also not a parrot that lives in a golden cage, sleeps on a
bed of gold, eats gold biscuits, and repeats only what has been taught. On the contrary, I am a cotton tree that walks around in
hawai chappal to railway accident sites, protest rallies, and
puja inaugurations.
