PM Modi dares Mamata to arrest him |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking multiple digs at West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bengal on Monday while campaigning in the last remaining days of the national election, accused the Chief Minister of arresting people who chanted "Jai Shri Ram". He dared her to arrest him, days after three people were taken into police custody for allegedly saying the words as her convoy passed by. "I thought of saying Jai Shri Ram here so that Mamata Banerjee can throw me in jail too. That way, the people of Bengal will be protected from the wrath of the Trinamool regime," the Prime Minister said at a rally in Tamluk, around 170 km from Kolkata. PM Modi said “Referring to Mamata Banerjee repeatedly as `speed breaker didi` - was going after those chanting `Jai Shri Ram` out of frustration. She won`t be able to win even 10 seats in Bengal. PM Modi`s words reflect a simmering political row over Ram Navami rallies taken out by the BJP over the past two years, which have been slammed as violent and divisive by Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress.
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