Didi, Bengal Is Lost, Welcome To Varanasi: PM Taunts Mamata Banerjee

  • | Saturday | 3rd April, 2021

Even at a rally in North 24 Parganas today, Mamata Banerjee took a swipe over the "outsider" tag that her party has pinned on the BJP.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today used his Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi, to make the Trinamool Congress`s "outsider" comment at BJP ricochet back to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s party.

Ms. Banerjee in her attacks on PM Modi has often warned that the BJP would "destroy the culture of Bengal". The Trinamool had also said Ms. Banerjee would contest the next general election from Varanasi, in reply to PM Modi asking whether she would fight from another seat, apart from Nandigram, due to "insecurity" in the Bengal election.

PM Modi responded, "Didi is now looking for a place outside. Welcome to Varanasi. There is a ship that goes from Haldia to Varanasi. One more thing, the people of my Banaras, are so large-hearted they won`t call you a tourist or outsider. They are as large-hearted as the people of Bengal," the Prime Minister said.

"In Varanasi, you will find a lot of people with tilak, saying Jai Shri Ram. Didi, then what will happen to you? Who will you be angry with?" the Prime Minister said, adding, "Don`t be angry with the people of Benaras. They will live with you. They will not let you go to Delhi. They will keep you there itself."

Home Minister Amit Shah in February took a swipe at Ms. Banerjee over the slogan, saying she will herself begin chanting it by the time the assembly election is over.


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