"Don't Ask Such Communal Questions": Mamata Banerjee On Delhi Mosque Event

COVID-19 cases in West Bengal: Asked at her press conference how many attendees of the gathering organised by Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat had been traced, Ms Banerjee responded angrily, saying, "Don't ask such communal questions."

'Don't Ask Such Communal Questions': Mamata Banerjee On Delhi Mosque Event

Bengal Coronavirus: Mamata Banerjee's answer on the attendees of the Delhi mosque event was edited out.

Kolkata:

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday declined to share any update about the people from her state who had attended the religious gathering in Delhi last month, which has been identified as a hotspot for the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus.

Asked at her press conference how many attendees of the gathering organised by Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat had been traced, Ms Banerjee responded angrily, saying, "Don't ask such communal questions."

A link to the press conference at the Bengal secretariat was posted on Ms Banerjee's official Facebook page but the question and answer on the attendees of the Delhi mosque event was edited out.

Opposition leaders of the BJP have raised the charge of minority appeasement against Mamata Banerjee over the Tablighi Jamaat issue.

Last week, Ms Banerjee did share some information. She had said the centre had informed the state that 71 people from West Bengal had gone to the mosque in Delhi's Nizamuddin area. The state government, she said, had managed to track down 54 of them. Forty out of these are foreigners, from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar and they had all been quarantined in Kolkata, she said , adding that she hoped other attendees would contact the authorities soon.

But ever since, there have been no updates on Tablighi Jamaat event attendees, something that drew attention of the opposition because reports from other states showed that a large number of the attendees were testing positive for coronavirus or COVID-19.

More than one-third of the total number of coronavirus cases in India is linked to Tablighi Jamaat. Bengal has reported 90 COVID-19 cases and three deaths.

Meanwhile, some reports claimed that 300 or so people who attended the religious congregation from Bengal have been tracked and quarantined at state government centres in Kolkata's Newtown area. Among them are 109 foreigners and 195 from West Bengal. There was no official confirmation of these figures by the state.

India has recorded over 4,700 coronavirus cases while the number of deaths rose to 124 on Tuesday.

World

14,30,298Cases
10,46,972Active
3,01,196Recovered
82,130Deaths
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402 76Recovered
149 35Deaths
In India, there are 5,194 confirmed cases including 149 deaths. The number of active cases is 4,643 and 402 have recovered as on April 8, 2020 at 8:00 am.

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Palghar5
Latur5
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Ratnagiri2
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Sindhudurg1
Nashik1
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Kolhapur1
Jalgaon1
Hingoli1
Gondia1
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875 111

79 23

64 16

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Kanniyakumari5
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Ramanathapuram2
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Tirupattur2
Ariyalur1
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664 56

19 11

7 2

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546

21

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Bhadradri Kothagudem4
Jogulamba Gadwal4
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Medak2
Nirmal2
Mulugu1
Nagarkurnool1
Jangoan1
Mahabubabad1
Jayashankar Bhupalapally1
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364

322

35

7

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Kannur47
Ernakulam22
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Idukki8
Kozhikode7
Palakkad6
Kollam5
Kottayam3
Wayanad3
Alappuzha2
Details Awaited*44

336 9

264

70 12

2

DistrictCases
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Jodhpur29
Bhilwara23
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Tonk11
Churu7
Ajmer5
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Dausa5
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Bharatpur4
Alwar3
Pali2
Pratapgarh2
Jaisalmer2
Nagaur2
Kota1
Sikar1
Dholpur1
Udaipur1
Banswara1
Details Awaited*133

328 40

304 40

21

3

DistrictCases
Gautam Buddha Nagar28
Agra13
Meerut12
Lucknow7
Ghaziabad6
Ghazipur3
Varanasi3
Baghpat2
Moradabad2
Bareilly1
Jaunpur1
Kanpur Nagar1
Kheri1
Pilibhit1
Shamli1
Details Awaited*244

326 21

302 21

21

3

DistrictCases
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Kurnool14
Krishna11
Guntur8
Y.s.r. Kadapa7
Chittoor6
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Details Awaited*233

305 39

300 38

1

4 1

DistrictCases
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Bhopal10
Jabalpur7
Ujjain6
Gwalior2
Morena2
Shivpuri2
Details Awaited*107

229

216

0

13

DistrictCases
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Mysuru20
Chikballapur10
Bidar10
Uttar Kannad10
Dakshin Kannad6
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Udupi3
Belagavi3
Bengaluru Rural2
Davangere2
Bagalkot1
Dharwad1
Tumakuru1
Kodagu1
Chitradurga1
Details Awaited*48

175

146

25

4

DistrictCases
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Surat14
Vadodara12
Gandhinagar10
Bhavnagar9
Rajkot9
Porbandar3
Patan2
Mahesana2
Kachchh2
Gir Somnath2
Panch Mahals1
Jamnagar1
Chhotaudepur1
Morbi1
Botad1
Details Awaited*33

165

127

25

13

DistrictCases
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Faridabad9
Nuh7
Palwal6
Panipat4
Ambala3
Sirsa3
Panchkula2
Bhiwani1
Hisar1
Karnal1
Rohtak1
Sonipat1
Details Awaited*78

147 57

116 52

28 3

3 2

DistrictCases
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Bandipora11
Badgam7
Udhampur4
Jammu3
Rajauri3
Baramulla2
Pulwama2
Shopian2
Details Awaited*61

116

110

4

2

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Howrah10
Medinipur East7
Nadia5
Kalimpong5
Hooghly4
Jalpaiguri4
24 Paraganas North3
24 Paraganas South3
Purba Bardhaman3
Paschim Bardhaman2
Darjeeling1
Medinipur West1
Details Awaited*20

99 8

81 6

13

5 2

DistrictCases
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Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar18
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Mansa5
Ropar3
Fatehgarh Sahib2
Pathankot2
Faridkot1
Kapurthala1
Moga1
Patiala1
Sas Mohali1
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91

80

4

7

DistrictCases
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Bhadrak3
Cuttack2
Kalahandi1
Puri1
Details Awaited*22

42

39

2

1

DistrictCases
Patna5
Munger4
Saharsa2
Begusarai1
Lakhisarai1
Nalanda1
Siwan1
Details Awaited*23

38 6

37 6

0

1

DistrictCases
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Udam Singh Nagar4
Nainital3
Almora1
Pauri Garhwal1
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31

26

5

0

DistrictCases
Golaghat9
Goalpara3
Marigaon3
Karimganj1
Nalbari1
Details Awaited*10

27 1

27 1

0

0

DistrictCases
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18

11

7

0

DistrictCases
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18 5

15 5

2

1

DistrictCases
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Kargil2
Details Awaited*1

14

4

10

0

DistrictCases
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Bilaspur1
Durg1
Rajnandgaon1
Details Awaited*3

10

1

9

0

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10

10

0

0

DistrictCases
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South Goa1
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7

7

0

0

DistrictCases
Mahe1
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5

4

1

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DistrictCases
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4

0

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DistrictCases
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2

2

0

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DistrictCases
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1

1

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DistrictCases
Gomati1

1

1

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DistrictCases
Details Awaited*1

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