New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Mamata Banerjee of “insulting the culture of Bengal” and “not liking” his visit to the temple in Bangladesh when he responded to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for accusing him of violating the electoral code with his recent trip to neighboring country. country in the middle of elections.
“I made I did not like that he prayed at the Ma Kali temple in Bangladesh. We are not seasonal with our religious beliefs. We always pride ourselves on our faith and tradition, “said the prime minister, campaigning in Joynagar in Bengal today, as parts of the state voted in the second round of eight-phase voting.
This was his first response to Trinamool’s call on his visit to Bangladesh, where he prayed at an iconic Kali temple and addressed members of the Matua community, “unethically and in violation of the model code. It is said that the Matuas, a Dalit community, they have considerable influence in various districts of West Bengal.
In a letter to the Election Commission, Mamata Banerjee’s party had said that the prime minister’s events in Bangladesh had nothing to do with his official agenda and were aimed at influencing voters in neighboring Bengal.
“I visited one of the 51 Shaktipeeth Jeshoreshwari Kali temples in Bangladesh. TMC has taken offense. Is it wrong to pay tribute to Shri Harichand Thakur (founder of the Matua sect) in Orakandi?”
In firing at Mamata Banerjee, the prime minister referred to the highest-profile constituency in this round, Nandigram, where the chief minister faces a stiff challenge from her former aide-turned-BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.
Mamata Banerjee was “afraid of losing,” so he was forced to camp in Nandigram, the prime minister said. “I made he left Bhawanipore (his constituency in Kolkata) to go to Nandigram. Then he realized his mistake in coming here. I made he is forced to camp in Nandigram for three days, “he said.
“I madeAre you going to occupy the nomination in another seat? You went to Nandigram first, and people gave you an answer! Wherever you go, the people of Bengal are ready to give you the right answer. “
PM Modi also mocked the letter from the Chief Minister of Bengal to various opposition leaders calling for a united fight against the BJP, saying that it “calls all outsiders, now it is appealing”.
He went on to accuse Mamata Banerjee of “not liking the Jai Shri Ram I sing the tilak and saffron colored clothes “and having a” problem “with Goddess Durga’s immersion.
“Trinamool isn’t cool, it’s school (Thorn). Didi says thanda thanda Cool cool. The khela (The blood game) will not work, “said Prime Minister Modi, once again raising allegations of a role for Trinamool in the murder of BJP workers in Bengal. A wave of BJP was blowing in Bengal, he said, and He added that the party would win more than 200 of the 294 seats in the state assembly.
Responding to the prime minister’s comments about Mamata Banerjee contemplating fighting from another seat because she was nervous about Nandigram, Trinamool sources said the question of another seat did not come up. “She is winning Nandigram comfortably,” sources said.
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