•Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk near Harish Chatterjee’s treat but if you come anywhere near this area, all you need to tell somebody is, take me to Mamata didi ki bari. So we’re right here at Mamata didi ki bari. Mamataji, welcome to Walk the Talk again.

Haan. Thank you very much, thanks for coming here.

•You live in a very modest house, in a modest street, but you have a very powerful party on the run.

That is the blessings of the people.

•But ... much has changed since we talked almost five years ago…

Yes, you came here…

•NDA was in power and politics was very different, now it is very different.

That is true, it depends on the situation, it depends on the country’s position, and all this. Now if we’re in power, not NDA. So this is obvious.

•So how do you look at the situation now, national situation?

If you ask me about the performance of the Government, then I’ll tell you that we’re not satisfied. Because the inflation rate is so high. Even 12% it costs, this is a very tough time, and regarding this price- rise… And specially 3-4 sectors where we don’t like, regarding the SEZ policy of the Government, retail market, then the agricultural and the Land Acquisition Policy. Regarding these few things, even the price rise, petroleum price and all this, public are not happy and we’re not even happy and what we feel that Governmentt must take care for the common people also. What we have seen now a days that Government instead of taking care for the common people, they are only interested for few persons. That should not be…

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