“Contesting Another Seat?”: PM’s Jibe At Mamata Banerjee Over Nandigram

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, campaigning in West Bengal in the present day as components of the state voted within the second spherical of elections, mentioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was nervous about shedding in Nandigram – probably the most high-profile constituency to vote on this section – and instructed that she was determined sufficient to contemplate a second constituency.

“Didi, is there any fact within the hearsay that you’re going to file your nomination from one other constituency? First you went there (Nandigram) and other people gave you a solution. If you happen to go some other place, folks of Bengal are able to provide the proper reply,” mentioned PM Modi, campaigning in Joynagar at South 24 Paraganas in Bengal .

About 60 km away in Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee had a tense day as she was confined at a polling sales space for practically two hours due to a face-off between supporters of her Trinamool Congress and the BJP.

The Chief Minister faces considered one of her hardest ballot contests in Nandigram, the place her BJP rival is her former aide Suvendu Adhikari.

PM Modi mentioned Mamata Banerjee was “afraid of shedding”, so was pressured to camp in Nandigram. “Didi left Bhawanipore (her constituency in Kolkata) to go to Nandigram. Then she realised her mistake in coming right here. Didi is pressured to camp in Nandigram for 3 days,” he jibed.

Responding to the PM’s feedback, Trinamool sources mentioned the query of Ms Banerjee contesting one other seat didn’t come up. “She is successful Nandigram comfortably,” mentioned the sources.

PM Modi additionally mocked the Bengal Chief Minister’s letter to numerous opposition leaders on Wednesday calling for a united combat in opposition to the BJP, saying she “calls everybody outsiders, now she is interesting to them”.

He went on to accuse Mamata Banerjee of “not liking the Jai Shri Ram chant, the tilak and saffron garments” and having a “drawback” with the immersion of Goddess Durga.

“Trinamool shouldn’t be cool, it’s shool (thorn). Didi says thanda thanda cool cool. The khela (recreation) of blood won’t work,” mentioned PM Modi, as soon as once more elevating allegations of a Trinamool function within the killing of BJP employees in Bengal. A BJP wave was blowing throughout Bengal, he mentioned, including that the celebration would win over 200 of the state’s 294 meeting seats.

Responding to the PM’s feedback on Mamata Banerjee considering combating from one other seat as a result of she was nervous about Nandigram, Trinamool sources mentioned the query of one other seat didn’t come up. “She is successful Nandigram comfortably,” mentioned the sources.

The Prime Minister additionally responded for the primary time to the Trinamool Congress accusing him of violating the ballot code along with his latest journey to Bangladesh in the midst of elections. The Trinamool has complained to the Election Fee that the PM’s go to to Bangladesh, the place he prayed at an iconic Kali temple and addressed members of the Matua neighborhood, was “unethical” and aimed toward influencing voters in neighbouring Bengal. The Matuas, a Dalit neighborhood, are mentioned to have appreciable affect in a number of districts of West Bengal.

“Didi didn’t like me praying on the Ma Kali temple in Bangladesh. Our religion in Gods shouldn’t be seasonal like it’s for Mamata Banerjee. We at all times take satisfaction in our religion and custom,” mentioned the PM.

“I visited one of many 51 Shaktipeeth Jeshoreshwari Kali temple in Bangladesh. TMC has taken offence. Is it improper to pay obeisance to Shri Harichand Thakur (founding father of the Matua sect) at Orakandi?”