Kolkata: Trinamool
Congress (TMC) MLA Nirmal Maji directed the state’s premier blood bank to stop
a blood donation camp, allegedly because Left supporters were donating blood
for the treatment of the Kolkata flyover accident victims.
The blood donation camp
at Maniktala Blood Bank was organized by the Students' Federation of India
(SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), student youth wings of
the CPI(M). The camp was organized to ensure smooth supply of blood to the
injured being treated in different hospitals.
Speaking on the
incident, a member of the SFI said that they conducted the camp at the Central
Blood Bank in Maniktala area around 5 pm. But Maji and local TMC councilor, MLA
and others came after some time and asked them to shut the camp, saying there
was enough blood to supply. “We could conduct the camp for only two and half
hours. In this time, 186 people had given blood while many others couldn't
give. People came from distant districts to give blood,” he further added.
Defending her party
member, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: “There is no need of doing
politics with blood. We have sufficient stock of blood and right now one lakh
people can donate blood if I ask them to do so.”
Rajib Majumder, CPI(M)
candidate contesting from Maniktala assembly seat, said: “We have never seen
such dirty politics with blood at a time when most of the state-run blood banks
have dwindling reserves. Today our boys and girls have again donated blood at
the Maniktala blood bank. Initially the authorities were reluctant to take
blood from us today. We have requested all people cutting across their
political color to donate blood for the injured people”.
At least 25 people were
killed and 100 were injured and some others are feared still trapped as a
portion of a flyover under construction collapsed on a congested road
intersection in Girish Park area of Kolkata on Thursday, crushing people and
vehicles.
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