'Mamata Banerjee is Royal Bengal Tiger': Trinamool as Didi gets heckled by students at Oxford

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Kellogg College, Oxford University.

As the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was confronted by student protesters during her speech at the Kellogg College, Oxford University in London, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) called her a "Royal Bengal Tiger".

Sharing a video of her maiden speech, TMC took to X and posted, "She doesn’t flinch. She doesn’t falter. The more you heckle, the fiercer she roars. Smt. @MamataOfficial is a Royal Bengal Tiger!"

, She doesnt flinch. She doesnt falter. The more you heckle, the fiercer she roars. Smt. @MamataOfficial is a Royal Bengal Tiger!#DidiAtOxfordpic.twitter.com/uqrck6sjFd

All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 27, 2025

In the video, the Bengal CM can be heard saying, ""You encourage me. Didi will come every time. Didi does not bother anybody. Didi walks like a Royal Bengal Tiger. If you can catch me, catch me!"

Banerjee was heckled by a group of students protesters - belonging to the UK unit of the CPI(M)'s Students' Federation of India (SFI) - who showed up with placards during her speech.

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They raised questions over violence during the 2023 panchayat elections, the rape of a minor girl allegedly by the son of a Trinamool Congress leader, and her statement back in 2012 on why rapes happen, where she had said that "men and women interact more freely now, like an open market".

Instead of being affected by the protesters, Banerjee welcomed them and responded to their allegations: "You are welcoming me, thank you. I will feed you sweets."

When students began questioning the Chief Minister over RG Kar rape case, she said, "Please raise your voice. It is a democracy. Please raise your voice. I'll listen. I will listen carefully."

During her speech, the chief minister also held up a black and white photograph from 1990 that showed her injured and wrapped in bandages from an alleged murderous assault on her by Lalu Alam, a CPI(M) youth wing worker. In 2019, Lalu Alam walked free due to a lack of evidence. Accusing people of attempting to kill her, Ms Banerjee said, "I was about to die. These are your atrocities."