Bengal is under a strong BJP wave, says Modi
The Hindu
PM speculates that Mamata Banerjee may contest from a place other than Nandigram
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that West Bengal was “under a strong wave of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)” and asserted that his party would win more than 200 of the 294 seats in West Bengal. Mr. Modi, who addressed two public meetings in West Bengal, one at Joynagar and other at Uluberia, said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had become afraid of losing the polls and that was the reason why she had sought help from other parties. He was referring to Ms. Banerjee’s letter to 14 leaders of Opposition parties in which she urged them to unite against the BJP. Addressing a public meeting at Joynagar, Mr. Modi made a strong pitch based on Hindutva, saying that the Trinamool Congress had “problems with people wearing saffron, sporting tilak and choti (tuft of hair); they call them rakshas (demons)”. Mr. Modi added that he was “not among those who showed their reverence by going to temples seasonally”.More Related News