West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday took a veiled dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah after his son Jay became the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Jay was elected unopposed as the next boss of the cricket's world governing body. He had earlier served as the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The 35-year-old will become the youngest to head the ICC and call the shots sitting at the very top of the food chain in world cricket.
Taking to social media, Banerjee used sarcasm to aim her guns at Amit Shah amid the ongoing unrest in West Bengal due to the gang rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RC Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month.
"Congratulations, Union Home Minister!!
"Your son has not become a politician, but has become the ICC Chairman - a post much much more important than most politicians'!! Your son has indeed become very very powerful and I congratulate you on his this most elevated achievement indeed!
"Kudos!!" the CM tweeted.
BJP-TMC in slug-fest after doctor's gang rape & murder in Kolkata
Her latest attack on the ruling BJP comes a day after she questioned the CBI's progress in their investigation of the case, which has shook the entire nation.
"I asked for five days' time, but the case was sent to the CBI. They don't want justice. They want delay. It has been 16 days, where is justice?" she asked.
Violent protests and attacks on police, Hospital authorities and Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) Party have been ongoing ever since the ghastly attack on a 23-year-old local resident of Kolkata took place on August 9.
The case was transferred to the CBI after Kolkata police faced backlash over their handling of the initial probe.
Political blame game is at its peak in the country with both the BJP and TMC going after one another over the shocking incident.
The BJP, in response to the CM's attacks, has demanded the resignation of Mamata Banerjee for "sustained efforts to divert the probe and shield the main perpetrators".
