Jamalpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday (April 9) launched a scathing assault on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and accused him of attempting to incite violence in the state. The Trinamool Congress supremo acknowledged that she is going to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to control Shah first and claimed that she can be killed for talking these in public.Â
“I have not seen such a ‘gunda’ (gangster), ‘dangabaaz’ (rioteer) home minister in my entire life. Amit Shah is more dangerous than a tiger. People fear to talk to him. I will urge PM Narendra Modi to control Amit Shah first. He is inciting riots here,” PTI quoted Mamata as saying whereas addressing a rally in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district.
Mamata had earlier accused the central police forces of working on the behest of Amit Shah following which the Election Commission of India (ECI) show-caused her. “This election is to stop people from turning Bengal into another Gujarat. This election is to protect the women, mothers and sisters of Bengal, to protect the youths of our land,” she stated.
She charged the Union Home Minister with planning the assault on Girindra Nath Barman, the TMC nominee for the Mathabhanga seat in North Bengal. “Amit Shah has planned this attack. He is trying to incite riot so that law and order here (Bengal) is compromised. They (BJP) are doing this because they are losing the elections. “I do know that you’ll plan to kill me as a result of I’m talking all these. You have injured my foot and you’ll plan to kill me. But I don’t care. I’ll dwell life like a tigress until the final day of my life,” she stated.
Mamata suffered a foot harm after a fall whereas campaigning in her constituency Nandigram on March 10. Since then, she is searching for votes for her celebration sitting on a wheelchair. The TMC supremo has been alleging that her harm was the results of a conspiracy hatched by the BJP. However, the Election Commission has concluded that it was an accident and never a deliberate assault.
(With PTI inputs)
