On 18 June 2025, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faced significant backlash after making an insensitive comment about the recent plane crash in Ahmedabad. In an apparent dig at the BJP-led central government, she mocked the tragedy, saying that the “double engine” government had “taken off and gone.” This drew significant backlash from all corners.
Mamata Banerjee commented, “Your double engine government only bulldoze the people, and you are an autocrat government, but you cannot keep protection to the people.” She then added, laughing, “Double engine was just take off and double engine…,” mimicking the flight’s crash in a mocking manner. Her actions, coupled with her words, drew outrage as many felt it was a disrespectful way to make a political point using a tragedy.
How cruel can Mamata Banerjee get?
How inhumane and heartless must a person be to crack a joke about a tragic plane crash—just to score political points?
Today, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed her ugliest, most vicious political face. In reference to the devastating… pic.twitter.com/5oZ9Rw5JJi
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) June 18, 2025
Mamata Banerjee revealing her pervert side .. mocking AI 171 crash comparing the speculated “double engine failure” of aircraft to double engine govt of BJP which she hopes would similarly collapse . Such sick minds and their reprehensible insensitivity.. pic.twitter.com/UUbek3iRit
— Tuhin A. Sinha तुहिन सिन्हा (@tuhins) June 18, 2025
On 12 June 2025, Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board — 230 passengers and 12 crew members, crashed into a hospital building just seconds after takeoff, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries and leaving the entire country in shock. Among the passengers were 169 Indian nationals, 52 British, 7 Portuguese, and 1 Canadian citizen. One survivor — sitting in seat 11A — was found alive after the incident and is currently undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital.
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