Top 39 Quotes & Sayings by Mamata Banerjee

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the ninth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Having served many times as a Union Cabinet Minister, Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its first chairperson. She is often referred to as 'Didi'.

Indian - Politician | Born: January 5, 1955

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Student life taught me a lesson - never bow down your head. Be straightforward and bold in whatever you do.

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Media is totally Modi, Modi-media.

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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.

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I don't have any personal agenda or vendetta against any individual, even Narendra Modi.

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In Bengal, at the state level, the Congress and Left are working with the BJP. At the national level, for the greater good, we feel we must work together in Parliament.

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I am not Left or Right. I believe in nationalism, patriotism, the federal structure, democracy, and the poor.

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Jyoti Basu is the biggest fraud, cheat, and con man in West Bengal.

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

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I have respect for everybody.

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Religion cannot be the agenda of any government.

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

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I don't want to be a VIP. I want to be an LIP, a Less Important Person.

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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.

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I have repeated ad nauseam my party's issues, which range from improving the lot of the poor to women's issues.

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If democracy is finished, all is lost.

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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.

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One political party must behave goodly with another political party, whatever is possible within the political jurisdiction.

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Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life.

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I think that communalism is the cancer of our society, and if we have to protect the humanity and the unity and integrity of this country, then we will have to fight the communal forces.

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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.

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I have flatly refused to be conned by Jyoti Basu and his corrupt government.

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Ours is a vast country, many languages, many castes, creeds, religions.

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

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We are open to everyone who wants to contribute in our mission to make West Bengal a glorious state.

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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 the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.

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In BJP & RSS, there are good people I respect, but some are playing dirty games.

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In my government, I do Twitter on my own. I have no sponsorship, nothing.

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It is my birthright, it is my political right, it is my democratic right, it is my constitutional right... that I must open my mouth... my voice... I can raise my voice.

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I have no problem working with anybody as long as they are efficient and their intentions, their philosophy, their ideology are clear.

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Sometimes, when democracy has to fight with autocracy, what can be done? We have to fight; somebody has to.

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

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

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I was not with BJP's communalism agenda.

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Law and order is the responsibility of the state governments.

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

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After my father died, we faced hardship but never asked anybody for help. We were self-sufficient.

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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.

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We welcome the Election Commission's announcement of a five-phase poll in the state. We will abide by all the guidelines and directives issued by the Commission.

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The death is unfortunate. It is an accident. It is not police atrocity . It is a small and petty matter.

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Top 39 Quotes & Sayings by Mamata Banerjee

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