Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Slams CM Mamata Over ‘Brahmin’ Identity, Says ‘Trying To Prove Herself Hindu Due To Fear Of BJP’

The election politics forward of the Bengal Assembly polls have intensified to a heated degree as the highest leaders of events within the fray proceed to levy taunts at one another. 

In a veiled assault at Trinamool Congress (TMC) Supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, chief of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated that Mamata is attempting to turn out to be Hindu on account of worry of Bharatiya Janata Party. 

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“Earlier she used to say ‘I wear Hijab and protest Muslims’, and now Mamata is trying to prove herself a Hindu Brahmin. I have never seen her reciting Chandi Path before.” 

Adhir Chaudhary additionally criticized the BJP, saying that “I have been saying from the beginning that the BJP and Mamta together have dropped the level of elections.”

His feedback got here after CM Mamata on Tuesday recognized herself as a “Hindu Brahmin” and chanted verses from the Chandi Path. 

During an handle to booth-level staff in Nandigram – the place she is going to contest the polls, CM Mamata accused the rivalry Bharatiya Janata Party and her former shut aide and now BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari of enjoying the Hindu-Muslim card. Mamata requested Adhikari to not train her the Hindu Dharma, she belonged to 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.

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She appealed to the folks to not be taken in by those that maintain attempting to divide Hindus and Muslims. It is ot be famous that round 70 per cent of Nandigram’s inhabitants is Hindu and 30 per cent Muslim.

The state meeting election will probably be held for all 294 seats whereby the voting will happen in 1,01,916 polling stations throughout West Bengal. Elections to the 294-member Assembly will probably be held in eight phases, from March 27 to April 29. The counting of votes will happen on May 2. The magic determine to be the ruling social gathering within the West Bengal Assembly is 148.