West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of attempting to polarise voters a...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of attempting to polarise voters ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Banerjee said that those indulging in politics based on religion should get a befitting reply in the polls.
“It is not that easy to divide people based on 70:30 [Hindu and Muslim vote share] ratio,” she said, during an address to booth-level workers in Nandigram – where she will contest the polls. “For us, all are equal. We don’t differentiate people based on calculation and religion.”
She also accused her former close aide and now BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari of playing the Hindu-Muslim card. The chief minister asked him not to teach her Hindu dharma as she belonged to a Brahmin family. “I would like to tell him that I belong to a Brahmin family and he should not play the religion card with me...first tell me whether you are a good Hindu...one of its principles is to love humanity,” Banerjee said. “Don’t teach Hindu dharma to me.”
The chief minister said that she chose to contest the polls from the Nandigram seat as the public supported it. She added that she had planned to contest from...
