BASIRGHAT: PM Modi did not mince words on Wednesday when, while addressing a rally in West Bengal, he charged that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee had extracted her revenge.
“Mamata ‘didi’ had publicly announced two days ago that she will take revenge. Within 24 hours of her announcement, she orchestrated the attack on BJP President Amit Shah during his roadshow,’’ he alleged. Hitting out at Mamata over the arrest of a state BJP youth wing leader for posting a meme on her, Modi asked Banerjee to paint the “worst possible picture” of him, assuring that he will not lodge an FIR against her.
Accusing the chief minister of arrogance and intolerance, Modi said the TMC supremo has taken Bengal back to the “era of emergency” and has waged war not against the BJP but the people of the state.”Why so much anger over just one picture? Didi, you call yourself an artist, a painter. I have heard that your pictures are sold for crores of rupees in the name of Narada and Saradha.
Today, I want to tell you something in order to douse your anger. Paint the worst possible picture of me and present it to me after May 23, when I take oath as the Prime Minister again. I will accept it with love and keep that with me throughout my life. I will not lodge an FIR against you,” he said evoking massive cheers from the crowd.
Referring to an incident few years back, when the Trinamool Congress supremo walked out of a television interview and tagged two female college students as “Maoists” after they asked her certain questions about her party leaders, Modi said Banerjee’s arrogance was not new.
He said the situation in Bengal is such that BJP leaders are not allowed to address rallies there, voters are stopped from casting votes, BJP candidates are attacked, and people who chant the name of Lord Ram are thrown into jail. “Even Netaji Subhas chandra Bose’s grandnephew is not spared by your goons,” Modi said referring to Chandra Kumar Bose, BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from the South Kolkata seat.
“Didi, where are you taking Bengal? I remember that something like this had happened during the election held after the Emergency. You have taking Bengal back to the era of emergency. Your oppression is not limited to the BJP activists alone. You have started a war against the people. Bengal will teach you a lesson by silently voting for the lotus (BJP),” he asserted.
Accusing Banerjee of only thinking about her vote bank and not about Bengal’s development, he said: “She hopes that her extortionist gangs and infiltrator gangs will keep on thieving like this. But her dream is about to end. “When the BJP government will come back to power on May 23, we will identify all the infiltrators and take actions against the miscreants.
